- Original: אלּם - Transliteration: 'illem - Phonetic: il-lame' - Definition: 1. mute, silent, dumb, unable to speak - Origin: from H481 - TWOT entry: 102c - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From H481 ; speechless: - dumb (man). Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • dumb, 5 Exodus 4:11; Proverbs 31:8; Isaiah 35:6; Isaiah 56:10; Habakkuk 2:18 • man, 1 Psalm 38:13