אוּלָם
ʼûwlâm · H197 · Hebrew · 0 occurrences
Meanings
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porch, portico or vestibule
A room of relatively small size functioning as the entrance room to a larger room
This lexeme does not occur in the Old Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.
Near synonyms 1 word
- חָצֵר châtsêr · H2691 · village, settlement, courtyard
- Related architectural space in temple/palace complexes, though חָצֵר refers to an open court while אוּלָם is a covered porch or vestibule
In the other Testament 1 word
- πυλών pylṓn · G4440 · door, gate, gateway
- Greek term used in LXX and NT for gatehouse or entrance porch, particularly in temple contexts where אוּלָם appears
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Constructions001003002
- This entry carries no independent occurrence of its own; this lexeme has no tagged occurrence in the running text of the tagged critical edition, so the “Constructions” domain is bundle-shared with אֵילָם (ʼêylâm, H361) rather than independently attested here.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H197. ulam I. אוּלָם noun masculine1Ki 7:8 porch (compare אֵילָם) — ׳א absolute 1Ki 6:3…
I. אוּלָם noun masculine1Ki 7:8 porch (compare אֵילָם) — ׳א absolute 1Ki 6:3 +; אֻלָם Eze 40:48-49, construct אוּלָם 1Ki 7:6 +; אֻלָם Eze 40:7 + (margin אֻלָּם 1Ki 7:7, 1Ki 7:12, 1Ki 7:21); plural construct אֻלַמֵּי Eze 41:15 (Co singular with suffix; in Ezekiel Co reads everywhere אילם see אֵילָם below) — porch (only Kings Chronicles Ezekiel & Joel).
1 in Soloman's temple 1Ki 7:19; 2Ch 29:7, ׳א יהוה 2Ch 29:17; 2Ch 8:12 (altar in front of); ׳א יהוה2Ch 15:8 (id.), compare הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּבֵין הָאוּלָם בֵּין Eze 8:16 & Joe 2:17; ׳א הַהֵיכָל 1Ki 7:21; ׳א הַבַּיִת 1Ki 7:12; הָא ׳תַּבְנִית 1Ch 28:11.
2 in Solomon's palace 1Ki 7:8 (twice in verse); ׳א הָעַמּוּדִים 1Ki 7:6 compare 1Ki 7:6; ׳א הַכִּסֵּא 1Ki 7:7 = ׳א הַמִּשְׁמָּט 1Ki 7:7.
3 in temple of Ezekiel's vision, particularly ׳א הַשַּׁעַר Eze 40:7-8, (strike out Co see ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5):9.9.15.39.40; Eze 44:3; Eze 46:2, Eze 46:8; ׳א הַבַּיִת Eze 40:48 compare Eze 40:48; Eze 40:49; Eze 41:25-26, הֶחָצֵר אֻלַמֵּי Eze 41:25 Co singular החיצון ואילמו see אֵילָם. — (III. אוּלָם, adverb.)
I. & II. אוּלָם noun masculine &
proper name, masculine see below II. אול.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0