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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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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 15 times in 12 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - And he dreamed, H2492 and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - And Joseph dreamed H2492 a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: H2492

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - And he dreamed H2492 yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed H2492 a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - And they dreamed H2492 a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - And they said unto him, We have dreamed H2492 a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: H2492 and, behold, he stood by the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - And he slept and dreamed H2492 the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - And we dreamed H2492 a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed H2492 each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed H2492 a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed H2492 of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
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