H5959Noun, feminine7 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 24:43הָעַלְמָה
Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
- Exodus 2:8הָעַלְמָה
“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
- Psalm 68:25עֲלָמוֹת
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- Proverbs 30:19בְּעַלְמָה
the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
- Song of Songs 1:3עֲלָמוֹת
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
- Isaiah 7:14הָעַלְמָה
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
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Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.