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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 28:12 - He had H2492 a dream, H2492 and behold, H2009 a ladder H5551 was set H5324 on the earth H776 with its top H7218 reaching H5060 to heaven; H8064 and behold, H2009 the angels H4397 of God H430 were ascending H5927 and descending H3381 on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - Then Joseph H3130 [fn]had H2492 a dream, H2472 and when he told H5046 it to his brothers, H251 they hated H8130 him even H5750 more. H3254 H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - He said H559 to them, “Please H4994 listen H8085 to this H2088 dream H2472 which H834 I have [fn]had; H2492

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Now he [fn]had H2492 still H5750 another H312 dream, H2472 and related H5608 it to his brothers, H251 and said, H559 “Lo, H2009 I have [fn]had H2492 still H5750 another dream; H2472 and behold, H2009 the sun H8121 and the moon H3394 and eleven H259 H6240 stars H3556 were bowing H7812 down H7812 to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - He related H5608 it to his father H1 and to his brothers; H251 and his father H1 rebuked H1605 him and said H559 to him, “What H4100 is this H2088 dream H2472 that you have [fn]had? H2492 Shall I and your mother H517 and your brothers H251 actually H935 come H935 to bow H7812 ourselves down H7812 before you to the ground?” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - Then the cupbearer H4945 and the baker H644 for the king H4428 of Egypt, H4714 who H834 were confined H631 in jail, H1004 H5470 both H8147 had H2492 a dream H2472 the same H259 night, H3915 each H376 man H376 with his own dream H2472 and each H376 dream H2472 with its own interpretation. H6623

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - Then they said H559 to him, “We have [fn]had H2492 a dream H2472 and there H369 is no H369 one H369 to interpret H6622 it.” Then Joseph H3130 said H559 to them, “Do not interpretations H6623 belong to God? H430 Tell H5608 it to me, please.” H4994

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - Now it happened H1961 at the end H7093 of two full H3117 years H8141 that Pharaoh H6547 had H2492 a dream, H2492 and behold, H2009 he was standing H5975 by the Nile. H2975

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - He fell H3462 asleep H3462 and dreamed H2492 a second H8145 time; H8145 and behold, H2009 seven H7651 ears H7641 of grain H7641 came H5927 up on a single H259 stalk, H7070 plump H1277 and good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to Joseph, H3130 “I have had H2492 a dream, H2472 but no H369 one H369 can interpret H6622 it; and I have heard H8085 [fn]it said H559 about H5921 you, that [fn]when you hear H8085 a dream H2472 you can interpret H6622 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - Joseph H3130 remembered H2142 the dreams H2472 which H834 he [fn]had H2492 about them, and said H559 to them, “You are spies; H7270 you have come H935 to look H7200 at the [fn]undefended H6172 parts H6172 of our land.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 - “[fn]If H3588 a prophet H5030 or H176 a dreamer H2492 of dreams H2472 arises H6965 among H7130 you and gives H5414 you a sign H226 or H176 a wonder, H4159

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen H8085 to the words H1697 of that prophet H5030 or H176 that dreamer H2492 of dreams; H2472 for the LORD H3068 your God H430 is testing H5254 you to find H3045 out if you love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430 with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - “But that prophet H5030 or H176 that dreamer H2492 of dreams H2472 shall be put H4191 to death, H4191 because H3588 he has [fn]counseled H1696 [fn]rebellion H5627 against H5921 the LORD H3068 your God H430 who brought H3318 you from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and redeemed H6299 you from the house H1004 of [fn]slavery, H5650 to seduce H5080 you from the way H1870 in which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 commanded H6680 you to walk. H1980 So you shall purge H1197 the evil H7451 from among H7130 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - When Gideon H1439 came, H935 behold, H2009 a man H376 was relating H5608 a dream H2472 to his friend. H7453 And he said, H559 “Behold, H2009 I [fn]had H2492 a dream; H2472 [fn]a loaf H6742 of barley H8184 bread H3899 was tumbling H2015 into the camp H4264 of Midian, H4080 and it came H935 to the tent H168 and struck H5221 it so that it fell, H5307 and turned H2015 it [fn]upside H4605 down H4605 so that the tent H168 lay H5307 flat.” H5307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4 - “Their offspring H1121 become H2492 strong, H2492 they grow H7235 up in the open H1250 field; H1250
They leave H3318 and do not return H7725 to them.

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When the LORD H3068 brought H7725 back H7725 [fn]the captive H7622 ones of Zion, H6726
We were like those who dream. H2492

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 man H7457 dreams H2492—
And behold, H2009 he is eating; H398
But when he awakens, H6974 his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied, H7386
Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 man H6771 dreams H2492—
And behold, H2009 he is drinking, H8354
But when he awakens, H6974 behold, H2009 he is faint H5889
And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched. H8264
Thus H3651 the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 will be
Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion. H6726

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16 - “O Lord, H136 by these things men live, H2421
And in all H3605 these is the life H2416 of my spirit; H7307
[fn]O restore H2492 me to health H2492 and let me live! H2421

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - “I have heard H8085 what H834 the prophets H5030 have said H559 who prophesy H5012 falsely H8267 in My name, H8034 saying, H559 ‘I had H2492 a dream, H2492 I had H2492 a dream!’ H2492

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - “For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 ‘Do not let your prophets H5030 who H834 are in your midst H7130 and your diviners H7080 deceive H5378 you, and do not listen H8085 to [fn]the dreams H2472 which H834 [fn]they dream. H2492

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - Now in the second H8147 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Nebuchadnezzar, H5019 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 [fn]had H2492 dreams; H2472 and his spirit H7307 was troubled H6470 and his sleep H8142 [fn]left H1961 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - The king H4428 said H559 to them, “I [fn]had H2492 a dream H2472 and my spirit H7307 [fn]is anxious H6470 to [fn]understand H3045 the dream.” H2472

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - “[fn]It will come H1961 about after H310 this H3651
That I will pour H8210 out My Spirit H7307 on all H3605 [fn]mankind; H1320
And your sons H1121 and daughters H1323 will prophesy, H5012
Your old H2205 men H2205 will dream H2492 dreams, H2472
Your young H970 men H970 will see H7200 visions. H2384
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