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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 - And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - And he saith unto them, 'Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, 'Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, 'What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come -- I, and thy mother, and thy brethren -- to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker whom the king of Egypt hath, who are prisoners in the round-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - And they say unto him, 'A dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it;' and Joseph saith unto them, 'Are not interpretations with God? recount, I pray you, to me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - And he sleepeth, and dreameth a second time, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, 'A dream I have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it, and I -- I have heard concerning thee, saying, Thou understandest a dream to interpret it,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, 'Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 - 'When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - 'And that prophet, or that dreamer of the dream, is put to death, for he hath spoken apostacy against Jehovah your God (who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt, and hath ransomed you out of a house of servants), to drive you out of the way in which Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to walk, and thou hast put away the evil thing from thy midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - And Gideon cometh in, and lo, a man is recounting to his companion a dream, and saith, 'Lo, a dream I have dreamed, and lo, a cake of barley-bread is turning itself over into the camp of Midian, and it cometh in unto the tent, and smiteth it, and it falleth, and turneth it upwards, and the tent hath fallen.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4 - Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1 - A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back to the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And it hath been, as when the hungry dreameth, And lo, he is eating, And he hath waked, and empty is his soul, And as when the thirsty dreameth, And lo, he is drinking, and he hath waked, And lo, he is weary, and his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16 - Lord, by these do men live, And by all in them is the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - 'For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Let not your prophets who are in your midst, and your diviners, lift you up, nor hearken ye unto their dreams, thay ye are causing them to dream;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, dreamed hath Nebuchadnezzar dreams, and his spirit doth move itself, and his sleep hath been against him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - and the king saith to them, 'A dream I have dreamed, and moved is my spirit to know the dream.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.
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