Strong H3281יַעְלָם

Jalam

Transliteration: ya‛lâm
Pronunciation: yah-lawm'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H5956; occult;
{Jalam} an Edomite: - Jalam.

Meaning of the name

Jaalam = "concealed"

Detailed definition

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.5;
son of: Esau (H6215) and Oholibamah (H173);
brother of: Jeush (H3266) and Korah (H7141);
half-brother of: Eliphaz (H464) and Reuel (H7467)

In the biblical story

Jalam

Son of Esau and Oholibamah

Jalam was a son of Esau and Oholibamah, and a chief of Edom.

In the Bible

Strong H3281 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

jaalam4

First verses

Genesis 36:5
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 36:14
And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
Genesis 36:18
And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
1 Chronicles 1:35
The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.