- Original: עלם - Transliteration: `elem - Phonetic: eh'-lem - Definition: 1. young man - Origin: from H5956 - TWOT entry: 1630a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H5956 ; properly something kept out of sight (compare H5959 ) that is a lad: - young man stripling. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • man, 1 1 Samuel 20:22 • stripling, 1 1 Samuel 17:56