Definition

properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad

Etymology

from H5956 (עָלַם); (compare H5959 (עַלְמָה))

Where the KJV renders it

• young man
• stripling

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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