Help QuickNav Adv. Options
VUL

VUL

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H2492 - ḥālam

Choose a new font size and typeface
חָלַם
Transliteration
ḥālam
Pronunciation
khaw-lam'
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - viditque in somnis scalam stantem super terram et cacumen illius tangens caelum angelos quoque Dei ascendentes et descendentes per eam

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus quae causa maioris odii seminarium fuit

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - dixitque ad eos audite somnium meum quod vidi

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - aliud quoque vidit somnium quod narrans fratribus ait vidi per somnium quasi solem et lunam et stellas undecim adorare me

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - quod cum patri suo et fratribus rettulisset increpavit eum pater et dixit quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti num ego et mater tua et fratres adorabimus te super terram

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - videruntque ambo somnium nocte una iuxta interpretationem congruam sibi

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - qui responderunt somnium vidimus et non est qui interpretetur nobis dixitque ad eos Ioseph numquid non Dei est interpretatio referte mihi quid videritis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium putabat se stare super fluvium

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - rursum dormivit et vidit alterum somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque formonsae

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium praesagum futurorum

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - cui ille ait vidi somnia nec est qui edisserat quae audivi te prudentissime conicere

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - recordatusque somniorum quae aliquando viderat ait exploratores estis ut videatis infirmiora terrae venistis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 - si surrexerit in medio tui prophetes aut qui somnium vidisse se dicat et praedixerit signum atque portentum

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - non audies verba prophetae illius aut somniatoris quia temptat vos Dominus Deus vester ut palam fiat utrum diligatis eum an non in toto corde et in tota anima vestra

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - propheta autem ille aut fictor somniorum interficietur quia locutus est ut vos averteret a Domino Deo vestro qui eduxit vos de terra Aegypti et redemit de domo servitutis ut errare te faceret de via quam tibi praecepit Dominus Deus tuus et auferes malum de medio tui

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - cumque venisset Gedeon narrabat aliquis somnium proximo suo et in hunc modum referebat quod viderat vidi somnium et videbatur mihi quasi subcinericius panis ex hordeo volvi et in Madian castra descendere cumque pervenisset ad tabernaculum percussit illud atque subvertit et terrae funditus coaequavit

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4 - separantur filii earum pergunt ad pastum egrediuntur et non revertuntur ad eas

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1 - [Vulgate 125:1] canticum graduum cum converteret Dominus captivitatem Sion facti sumus quasi somniantes

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - et sicuti somniat esuriens et comedit cum autem fuerit expertus vacua est anima eius et sicut somniat sitiens et bibit et postquam fuerit expergefactus lassus adhuc sitit et anima eius vacua est sic erit multitudo omnium gentium quae dimicaverunt contra montem Sion

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16 - Domine sic vivitur et in talibus vita spiritus mei corripies me et vivificabis me

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - audivi quae dixerunt prophetae prophetantes in nomine meo mendacium atque dicentes somniavi somniavi

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - haec enim dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel non vos inducant prophetae vestri qui sunt in medio vestrum et divini vestri et ne adtendatis ad somnia vestra quae vos somniatis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - In anno secundo regni Nabuchodonosor vidit Nabuchodonosor somnium, et conterritus est spiritus eius, et somnium eius fugit ab eo.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - Et dixit ad eos rex: Vidi somnium: et mente confusus ignoro quid viderim.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - et erit post haec effundam spiritum meum super omnem carnem et prophetabunt filii vestri et filiae vestrae senes vestri somnia somniabunt et iuvenes vestri visiones videbunt
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
VUL
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
VUL
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.