חֲלוֹם
chălôwm · H2472 · Hebrew · 65 occurrences
Meanings
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dream
Process by which humans perceive a series of pictures and events in their minds; often regarded as a revelation from God; sometimes associated with things that disappear in a moment
ExamplesGenesis 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married.”
Genesis 20:6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
Genesis 31:10 “And it came about at the time when the flock was breeding that I raised my eyes and saw in a dream—and behold—the male goats that were mating were striped, speckled, or mottled.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
23 occurrences in 9 groups
- הוּhis 9
- יmy 4
- לַיִלnight 3
- Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- חָלַםto dream 4
- זֶהthis 2
- אַחֵרother 1
- סָפַרto count, to tell 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָזוֹןvision 1
- חִזָּיוֹןvision 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- שָׁנָהto be different 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
22 occurrences in 8 groups
- חָלַםto dream 11
- סָפַרto count, to tell 4
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 2
- דָבַרto speak, to say 1
- זָכַרto remember 1
- יָדַעto know 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מָהwhat?, why? 1
- וֹhim 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֲנִיI 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
24 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 29
- כlike/as 7
- אֵלto, toward 3
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- חָלַםto dream 3
- פִּתְרוֹןinterpretation 2
- בַּעַלowner, master, husband 1
- מִסְפָּרnumber 1
- נָבָאto prophesy 1
- רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- מַחֲזֶה machăzeh · H4236 · to receive as a vision, to have a vision
- Both lexemes are perception and revelation terms used in prophetic and revelatory contexts; dream and vision are semantically close near-synonyms.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἐνύπνιον enýpnion · G1798 · dream
- Greek ἐνύπνιον (enypnion) is the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew חֲלוֹם (chalom), both denoting a dream or vision received during sleep; the Greek term emphasizes the visual content ('something seen in sleep') while Hebrew חֲלוֹם covers the full dream experience, making them direct translation equivalents across the OT dream-vision passages.
- חֵלֶם chêlem · H2493 · dream
- Aramaic cognate reflex of Hebrew חֲלוֹם, both denoting 'dream'; חֵלֶם (chêlem, H2493) appears in Daniel's Aramaic chapters (Dan 2:4–7:28) as the direct Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew term used elsewhere in the OT.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Vision002004002015
- The noun names a dream, the vehicle of revelation in Joseph's and Pharaoh's dreams and throughout the patriarchal narratives (Genesis 37:5-10, 41:1-7).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2472. chalom חֲלוֺם noun masculineGen 37:10 dream; — ׳ת absolute Gen 37:5 +, construct…
חֲלוֺם noun masculineGen 37:10 dream; — ׳ת absolute Gen 37:5 +, construct Gen 20:3, חֲלֹם absolute Gen 20:6, construct Gen 31:24; suffix חֲלוֺמִי Gen 40:9, Gen 40:16, חֲלֹמִי Gen 41:17, Gen 41:22, חֲלֹמוֺ Gen 40:5 Gen 40:5t.; plural חֲלֹמוֺת Jer 23:32 Jer 23:10t. etc., + 7 t. suffix — dream
1 ordinary dream of sleep Job 7:14; Job 20:8; Psa 73:20; Ecc 5:2; Ecc 5:6; Isa 29:7.
2 dreams with prophetic meaning, the lowest grade of prophecy (see BrMP 6):
a. dream of Abimelek Gen 20:3, Gen 20:6, of Jacob Gen 31:10-11, Laban Gen 31:24, Joseph Gen 37:5-6, Gen 37:8, Gen 37:9 (twice in verse); Gen 37:10, Gen 37:19, Gen 37:20; Gen 42:9, Pharaoh and his servants Gen 40:5 (3 t. in verse); Gen 40:8-9, (twice in verse); Gen 40:16; Gen 41:7-8, Gen 41:11 (twice in verse); Gen 41:12 (twice in verse); Gen 41:15 (twice in verse); Gen 41:17, Gen 41:22, Gen 41:25, Gen 41:26, Gen 41:32; of a lower order of prophets than Moses Num 12:6, (all E, not elsewhere in Hexateuch), Job 33:15, of Midianite Jdg 7:13 (twice in verse); Jdg 7:15, desired by Saul 1Sa 28:6, 1Sa 28:15; of Solomon 1Ki 3:5, 1Ki 3:15; of old men in latter days Joe 3:1, of Nebuchadnezzar Dan 2:1-2, Dan 2:3 (twice in verse); Daniel וַחֲלֹמוֺת בְּכָלחָֿזוֺן הֵבִין Dan 1:17 had understanding in all visions and dreams.
b. of false prophets Deu 13:2; Deu 13:4; Deu 13:6; Jer 23:27-28, (twice in verse); Jer 23:32; Jer 27:9; Jer 29:8; Zec 10:2.
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
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