- אִלֵּם
- אִלֵּם, אִילֵּםm. (b. h.; v. אָלַם 1) cmp. חֵרֵש) mute, unable to speak, also ignorant. Ter. I, 6; a. fr.Ruth. R. to IV, 1 (ref. to almoni, Ruth. l. c.) א׳ היהמד״ת he was unable to speak of (excluded from) the Law (ignorant).Pl. אִילְּ׳ אִלְּמִין אִלְּמִים. Snh.71a; 100a.Fem. אִלֶּמֶת, אִילֶּ׳. Num. R. s. 9. Ḥull.79a. Sot.10b אי׳; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
