עֲלָמוֹת

עֲלָמוֺת, עַלמֿוּת etc., see עַלְמָה below II. עלם. below

עַלְמָה noun feminine young woman (ripe sexually; maid or newly married); — ׳ע Gen 24:43 (J), Exod 2:8 (E), Prov 30:19; Isa 7:14 plural עֲלָמוֺת Ps 68:26; Song 1:3; Song 6:8 עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת to (the voice of) young women, either literally, or of soprano or falsetto of boys: 1Chr 15:20; Ps 9:1 (read עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת לַבֵּן [for עַלמֿוּת לַבֵּן], 'voce virginea a pueris decantandum,' Thes), Ps 46:1; Ps 48:15 (read עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת [for עַלמֿוּת]; translated probably to Ps 49:1).