e.lem denotes a male youth or boy in the two attested narrative clauses.

The attested noun denotes a male youth or boy: one clause asks whose son the youth is, while another addresses a boy in instructions about the arrows.

1. A male youth or boy · dominant

   Both occurrences use a common masculine singular absolute noun for a young male. In 1 Samuel 17:56 the APB renders the clause, "Ask whose son this youth is," and in 1 Samuel 20:22 it addresses "the boy" in instructions concerning the arrows.

   1 Samuel 17:561 Samuel 20:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the noun as "youth" in 1 Samuel 17:56 and "boy" in 1 Samuel 20:22. These are clause-level presentations rather than separate lexical senses.