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Lexicon :: Strong's H2492 - ḥālam

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חָלַם
Transliteration
ḥālam
Pronunciation
khaw-lam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 662,663

Strong’s Definitions

חָלַם châlam, khaw-lam'; a primitive root; properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream:—(cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H2492 in the following manner: to dream (29x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H2492 in the following manner: to dream (29x).

  1. to dream

    1. (Qal)

      1. to dream (ordinary)

      2. to dream (prophetic)

      3. to dream (of false prophets)

    2. (Hiphil) to dream

  2. to be healthy, be strong

    1. (Qal) to be healthy

    2. (Hiphil) to restore to health

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלַם châlam, khaw-lam'; a primitive root; properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream:—(cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.
STRONGS H2492: Abbreviations
† I. [חָלַם] verb be healthy, strong (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic Mflo Ethp. be made healthy, strong, Aph. causative, also derivatives; חֲלַם press firmly together) —
Qal Imperfect יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם Job 39:4 their young are healthy.
Hiph. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular וְתַחֲלִימֵנִי Isaiah 38:16 and restore me to health (|| וְהַחֲיֵ֫ינִי).

† II. חָלַם verb dream (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic Mflo, חֲלַם; Ethiopic ሐለመ፡ Arabic حَلَمَ, dream, experience an emission of the seminal fluid, attain to puberty) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Genesis 42:9; Daniel 2:1, חָלַמְתִּי Genesis 37:9 + 3 times, חָלָ֑מְתִּי Genesis 37:6 + 2 times, etc., + 3 times Perfect; Imperfect יַחֲלֹם Isaiah 29:8 + 5 times, יַחְלְמוּ Job 39:4, וַיַּחַלְמוּ Genesis 40:5, יַחֲלֹמ֑וּן Joel 3:1, נַחַלְמָה Genesis 41:11; Participle חוֺלֵם Deuteronomy 13:4,חֹלֵם Genesis 41:1; Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 13:6, חֹלְמִים Psalm 126:1; — dream:
a. of ordinary dreams of sleep Isaiah 29:8 (twice in verse); Psalm 126:1.
b. of dreams with prophetic meaning: of Jacob Genesis 28:12, Joseph Genesis 37:5, 6, 9 (twice in verse); Genesis 37:10; Genesis 42:9, of Pharaoh and his servants Genesis 40:5, 8; Genesis 41:1, 5, 11 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:15 (all E, not elsewhere in Hexateuch); of Midianite Judges 7:13, Nebuchad. Daniel 2:1, 3, old men in latter days Joel 3:1.
c. of dreams of false prophets Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 13:6; Jeremiah 23:25 (twice in verse).
Hiph. Participle, מַחְלְמִים dream (of false prophets, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Jeremiah 29:8 (but read חֹלְמִים [מ by dittograph from אַתֶּם], Hi Gf Gie Gr).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:12; 37:5; 37:6; 37:6; 37:9; 37:9; 37:10; 40:5; 40:5; 40:8; 41:1; 41:1; 41:5; 41:11; 41:11; 41:15; 42:9; 42:9

Deuteronomy

13:2; 13:2; 13:4; 13:4; 13:6; 13:6

Judges

7:13

Job

39:4; 39:4

Psalms

126:1; 126:1

Isaiah

29:8; 29:8; 38:16

Jeremiah

23:25; 29:8

Daniel

2:1; 2:1; 2:3

Joel

3:1; 3:1

H2492

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Strong's Number H2492 matches the Hebrew חָלַם (ḥālam),
which occurs 30 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - And he told H5608 it to his father, H1 and to his brethren: H251 and his father H1 rebuked H1605 him, and said H559 unto him, What is this dream H2472 that thou hast dreamed? H2492 Shall I and thy mother H517 and thy brethren H251 indeed H935 come H935 to bow down H7812 ourselves to thee to the earth? H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - And that prophet, H5030 or that dreamer H2492 of dreams, H2472 shall be put to death; H4191 because he hath spoken H1696 to turn H5627 you away from the LORD H3068 your God, H430 which brought you out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 and redeemed H6299 you out of the house H1004 of bondage, H5650 to thrust H5080 thee out of the way H1870 which the LORD H3068 thy God H430 commanded H6680 thee to walk in. H3212 So shalt thou put H1197 ➔ the evil H7451 away H1197 from the midst H7130 of thee.

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