Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied
KJV Usage: bind, be dumb, put to silence
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָלַם (a.lam) — be dumb. 1) to bind 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be dumb 1a2) to be bound 1b) (Piel) binding (part.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אִלֵּם · אֵלֶם · אַלְמָן · אַלְמָנָה · אַלְמָנוּת · אַלְמֹנִי
verb · אֲלֻמָּה
Bind | verb pi
Collocation: אלם אֲלֻמָּה
to make sheaves = action by which someone bundles harvested ears of grain
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[אָלַם] vb. bind Niph. (be bound =) be dumb
Pi. Pt. bind
base