Strong's Lexicon

H1986

H1986 — הָלַם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewhalamverb-stemOccurrences: 9TWOT: 502

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1986
Word:	הָלַם
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	halam
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	haw-lam'
Meaning:	1. to strike down 2. (by implication) to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
KJV Renderings:	beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2179

[הָלַם] verb smite, hammer, strike down (compare Phoenician מהלם below below מַהֲלֻמוֺת); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular וְהָֽלְמָה consecutive Judg 5:26 3 plural הָֽלְמוּ Judg 5:22; Isa 16:8 suffix הֲלָמוּנִי Prov 23:25 Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יֶהֶלְמֵנִי Ps 141:5 3 masculine plural יַהֲלֹמ֑וּן Ps 74:6 Participle active ה֫וֺלָם פָּ֑עַם Isa 41:7 (compare Ges^{«GKC:29»§ 29}, 3 b); passive construct הֲלוּמֵי Isa 28:1 — smite (with hammer), followed by accusative of person Judg 5:26 (fatally; || מָחַק, מָחַץ); also figurative of correction, discipline Ps 141:5 (|| הוֺכִּיחַ); of intoxicating, wine גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה בַּעֲלֵי גוֺיִם הָֽלְמוּ שְׂרוּקֶּיהָ Isa 16:8 the vine of Sibma, its choice branches smote down lords of nations (so Hi De Che Brd Di and others, RVm ; lords subject according to Ges Ew and others AV RV ); also הֲלוּמֵי יַיִן smitten down by wine Isa 28:1 compare further Prov 23:35 followed by accusative of thing ה֫וֺלָםפָּֿ֑עְם Isa 41:7 one striking an anvil; smite down, or strike off Ps 74:6 (object פִתּוּחִים carved work); also absolute of horse' hoofs Judg 5:22. — On וַהֲלֹם 1Sam 14:16 see הֲלֹם .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הלם (hah-lam’)

Judges 5:22

KJV: Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings

EHCC: Then were the horsehoofs broken

Proverbs 23:35

KJV: They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.I felt…: Heb. I knew it not

EHCC: they have beaten me, (and) I felt

Isaiah 41:7

KJV: So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.goldsmith: or, founderhim…: or, the smitingsaying…: or, saying of the soder, It is good

EHCC: Aim that emote the anvil, (marg. or, the