# H5958 עֶלֶם

עֶלֶם (ʻelem), Strong’s H5958: properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad KJV: young man, stripling.. Occurs 2 times.

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

KJV: young man, stripling.

Derived from [עָלַם ʻâlam](https://besorah.bible/word/H5956) (to veil from sight, i.e. conceal)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֶ֫לֶם n.m. young man

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 17:56](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=56) — The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”
- [1 Samuel 20:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=22) — But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go your way, for the LORD has sent you away.