אֲלַם ch., intr. אֲלֵים (אַלֵּים Pa., עלים) (v. preced.) 1) to be or grow strong, to grow. Targ. I Chr. XXII, 12 (13) אֲלַם (h. text אֱמָץ, Var. עילם). Targ. O. Deut. XXXI, 6; 7; 23 ed. Vien. א׳ (ed. Berl. ע׳, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 59).—B. Bath. 124ᵃ; 135ᵇ (he left them) דיקלא וא׳ a slender palm-tree and it grew thick. —2) to tie, v. אֲלוּמָּא. —3) to be mute; v. Ithp.
    Pa. - אַלֵּים 1) to be strong, v. supra. —2) to strengthen, support. Targ. II Chr. XI, 17; a. e. Part. pass. f. מְאַלְּמָא resolved, insisting upon. Targ. Ruth I, 18 (h. text מתאמצת).—B. Kam. 90ᵃ אַלְמוּהָ רבנן וכ׳ the Rabbis fortified the husband’s right (gave him superior privileges). Kidd. 43ᵃ אַלּוּמֵי קא מְאַלִּימְנָא למילתיה (Rashi אַלְּמוּהָ) we (the court) give him privileges. —3) to overpower. Sabb. 156ᵇ אַלְּמֵיה יצריה his appetite overwhelmed him.
    Ithpa. - אִתְאַלֵּם 1) to make one’s self strong, to summon strength. Targ. Job XXXVI, 19. —2) to become mute, be silenced. Targ. Ps. XXXIX, 10. Targ. Koh. XII, 6. [Targ. Ps. XC, 10 מִתְאַלְּמִין (for h. text בָּהֶם?). [Targ. Job VI, 6 Ms. Vers. מִתְאַלֵּם (?), h. text חלמות!.]