Strong's Definition
from 1563; a wrapped (and unformed mass, i.e. as the embryo)
KJV Usage: substance yet being unperfect
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גֹּ֫לֶם (go.lem) — embryo. embryo, fetus
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · גלם
People
foetus, embryo exact meaning unsure; probably: = an unborn child, possibly described as something that is rolled up and about to unfold
1 PSA 139:16 RSV NRSV ESV "unformed substance" NIV "unformed body" NJPS "unformed limbs" NJB DCH "embryo" CEV "my body being formed" | REB "my deeds" = גלפמי | Dahood "my life stages"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[גֹּ֫לֶם] n.[m.] embryo ψ 139:16 ref