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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 Box Gen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - each of the two men—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - “We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 - If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4 - Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1 - A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the fortunes of[fn] Zion, we were like those who dreamed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - as when a hungry person dreams of eating, but awakens hungry still; as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking, but awakens faint and thirsty still. So will it be with the hordes of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16 - Lord, by such things people live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - Yes, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - he said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
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