almah

[ al-muh ]

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noun

Origin of almah¹

From Egyptian Arabic ʿalmah, variant of Arabic ʿālimah, literally, “knowledgeable”

But she did not listen to him, and did not reply, but suddenly she also began to sway her hips about like an almah.

The beautiful Almah seemed to be not altogether happy, or why should she be so quick to sadness?

I was left alone with the beautiful Almah, who herself showed the utmost graciousness and the kindest interest in me.

For a long time I stood feasting my eyes upon all this splendor, and at length turned to see whether Almah shared my feelings.

I saw also occasionally some more of those great birds, the name of which I learned from Almah; it was "opkuk."

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