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H5956

עָלַם

'alam

{aw-lam'}

A primitive root; to veil from sight, that is, conceal (literally or figuratively).

blind
1 Samuel 12:3.

dissemblers
Psalms 26:4.

hid
Leviticus 4:13; 5:3, 4. Numbers 5:13. 1 Kings 10:3. 2 Kings 4:27. 2 Chronicles 9:2. Job 6:16; 28:21. Ezekiel 22:26. Nahum 3:11.

hidden
Leviticus 5:2.

hide
Leviticus 20:4. Deuteronomy 22:1, 3, 4. Psalms 55:1. Isaiah 1:15; 58:7. Lamentations 3:56.

hidest
Psalms 10:1.

hideth
Job 42:3. Proverbs 28:27.

secret
Psalms 90:8.

thing
Ecclesiastes 12:14.

ways
Leviticus 20:4.

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H5769 From H5956; properly concealed, that is, the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past or future), that is, (practically) eternity; frequentive adverbially (especially with prepositional prefix) always.

NOTE: Used widely throughout the Old Testament (below are the usages from Daniel only).

ever
Daniel 12:3, 7.

everlasting
Daniel 9:24; 12:2.

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H5867 From H5956; hidden, that is, distant; Elam, a son of Shem, and his descendants, with their country; also six Israelites.

Elam
Genesis 10:22; 14:1, 9. 1 Chronicles 1:17; 8:24; 26:3. Ezra 2:7, 31; 8:7; 10:2, 26. Nehemiah 7:12, 34; 10:14; 12:42. Isaiah 11:11; 21:2; 22:6. Jeremiah 25:25; 49:34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39. Ezekiel 32:24. Daniel 8:2.

The following translates multiple Hebrew or Aramaic words:

Elam
Jeremiah 49:36.

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H3281 From H5956 occult; Jalam, an Edomite.

Jaalam
Genesis 36:5, 14, 18. 1 Chronicles 1:35.

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H5960 From H5956; hidden; Almon, a place in Palestine.

Almon
Joshua 21:18.

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H5964 From H5956; a covering; Alemeth, the name of a place in Palestine and two Israelites.

Alameth
1 Chronicles 7:8.

Alemeth
1 Chronicles 6:60; 8:36; 9:42.

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H8587 From H5956; a secret.

hid
Job 28:11.

secrets
Job 11:6. Psalms 44:21.

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