alamoth

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עֲלָמוֹת‎ (‘ălāmōṯ, “women of childbearing age”), feminine plural of עָ֫לֶם‎ (élem, “man of marriageable age”).

Adjective

alamoth (not comparable)

  1. (biblical, music) soprano or, possibly, virgin
    1 Chronicles 15:20 Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyres according to alamoth ...

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