Strong’s definition
properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad
KJV gloss list in the source
young man, stripling.
Source pronunciation notation: eh'-lem
Derivation recorded by Strong
from H5956 (עָלַם); (compare H5959 (עַלְמָה))
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