Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NET

NET

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 - and had a dream. He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers. "Look," he said. "I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying, "What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream the same night. Each man's dream had its own meaning.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - They told him, "We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them." Joseph responded, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard about you, that you can interpret dreams."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, "You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 - Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, "Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4 - Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1 - When the LORD restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16 - O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - The LORD says, "I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, 'I have had a dream! I have had a dream!'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - "For the LORD God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Do not let the prophets or those among you who claim to be able to predict the future by divination deceive you. And do not pay any attention to the dreams that you are encouraging them to dream.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar had many dreams. His mind was disturbed and he suffered from insomnia.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - The king told them, "I have had a dream, and I am anxious to understand the dream."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - (3:1) After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; your young men will see prophetic visions.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NET
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NET
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.