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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עַלְמָה

עַלְמָה

H5959

Transliteration: ʻalmâh

Pronunciation: al-maw'

Definition: damsel


Original: עלמה

Transliteration: ‛almâh

Phonetic: al-maw'

BDB Definition:

  1. virgin, young woman
    1. of marriageable age
    2. maid or newly married

Origin: from H5958" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5958

TWOT entry: 1630b

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine


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