אִלֵּם ʼillêm

Meaning

speechless

In the King James Version: dumb (man).

Derivation: from H481 (אָלַם);

Where it is used

• Exodus 4:11 And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
• Psalms 38:13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
• Proverbs 31:8 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
• Isaiah 35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
• Isaiah 56:10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
• Habakkuk 2:18 What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.