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Genesis 37:7

וְ הִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים בְּ תֹוךְ הַ שָּׂדֶה וְ הִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְ גַם נִצָּבָה וְ הִנֵּה תְסֻבֶּינָה אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶם וַ תִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶיןָ לַ אֲלֻמָּתִי
and behold, ourselves are binders of bound-ones1167 in the middle of the Field, and behold, my bound-one has stood up, and also has stood firm, and behold, your bound-ones are encircling, and are bowing-down themselves to my bound-one.`
1167

Strong’s #485, alummah. Noun derived from the verb to bind, meaning thing which is bound or, bound-one. The ancients also called the widow an almanah (#490) using the same root.