Strong’s H5962 · Hebrew

עַלְמִי
ʻAlmîy
al-mee'

Definition

an Elamite or inhabitant of Elam

Etymology

(Aramaic) patrial from a name corresponding to H5867 (עֵילָם) contracted;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Elamite

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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