Strong's Lexicon

H2492

H2492 — חָלַם

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

HebrewחלםverbOccurrences: 29TWOT: 662

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2492
Word:	חָלַם
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	Not listed
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	29
Transliteration:	חלם
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	Not listed
Meaning:	חלם
KJV Renderings:	Not listed

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BDB2789

I. [חָלַם] verb be healthy, strong (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1770] Ethpe`el be made healthy, strong, Aph`el causative, also derivatives; חֲלַם press firmly together) —

Qal Imperfect יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם Job 39:4 their young are healthy.

Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular וְתַחֲלִימֵנִי Isa 38:16 and restore me to health (|| וְהַחֲיֵ֫ינִי).

BDB2791

II. חָלַם verb dream (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1771], חֲלַם; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1772] Arabic [untranscribed source text 1773], dream, experience an emission of the seminal fluid, attain to puberty) —

Qal Perfect ׳ ח Gen 42:9; Dan 2:1, חָלַמְתִּי Gen 37:9 + 3 t., חָלָ֑מְתִּי Gen 37:6 + 2 t., etc., + 3 t. Perfect; Imperfect יַחֲלֹם Isa 29:8 + 5 t., יַחְלְמוּ Job 39:4, וַיַּחַלְמוּ Gen 40:5, יַחֲלֹמ֑וּן Joel 3:1, נַחַלְמָה Gen 41:11 Participle חוֺלֵם Deut 13:4, חֹלֵם Gen 41:1; Deut 13:2; Deut 13:6, חֹלְמִים Ps 126:1 — dream:

a. of ordinary dreams of sleep Isa 29:8 (twice in verse); Ps 126:1.

b. of dreams with prophetic meaning: of Jacob Gen 28:12, Joseph Gen 37:5; Gen 37:6; Gen 37:9 (twice in verse); Gen 37:10; Gen 42:9, of Pharaoh and his servants Gen 40:5; Gen 40:8; Gen 41:1; Gen 41:5; Gen 41:11 (twice in verse); Gen 41:15 (all E , not elsewhere in Hexateuch); of Midianite Judg 7:13, Nebuchad. Dan 2:1; Dan 2:3, old men in latter days Joel 3:1.

c. of dreams of false prophets Deut 13:2 ; Deut 13:4; Deut 13:6; Jer 23:25 (twice in verse).

Hiph`il Participle, מַחְלְמִים dream (of false prophets, with accusative of cognate meaning with verb) Jer 29:8 (but read חֹלְמִים [מ by dittograph from אַתֶּם], Hi Gf Gie Gr).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חלם (g’h)

Judges 7:13

KJV: And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

EHCC: said, Behold, I dreamed a dream,

Jeremiah 23:25

KJV: I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

EHCC: 7 have dreamed, I have dreamed.

Daniel 2:1

KJV: And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

EHCC: Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams,

Daniel 3:7

KJV: Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

EHCC: have dreamed a dream,

Genesis 28:13

KJV: And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

EHCC: And he dreamed, and behold a ladder

Genesis 37:5

KJV: And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

EHCC: And Joseph dreamed a dream,

Genesis 40:5

KJV: And they dreamed 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.

EHCC: And they dreamed a dream

Genesis 41:5

KJV: And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.rank: Heb. fat

EHCC: he slept and dreamed the second time:

Isaiah 29:8

KJV: It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

EHCC: as when an hungry (man) dreameth,

Joel 2:28

KJV: And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

EHCC: (3:1). your old men shall dream

Jeremiah 29:8

KJV: For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

EHCC: which ye cause to be dreamed.