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Lexicon :: Strong's H2492 - ḥālam

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 - If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is to be put to death; for his words were said with the purpose of turning you away from the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; and of forcing you out of the way in which the Lord your God has given you orders to go. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4 - Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1 - <A Song of the going up.> When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16 - O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - In the second year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep went from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is troubled by the desire to have the dream made clear to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - And after that, it will come about, says the Lord, that I will send my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, your old men will have dreams, your young men will see visions:
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