Word

חָלַם

châlam · H2492 · Hebrew · 29 occurrences

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Meanings

to become strong

Process by which an animal becomes physically strong

Examples
Job 39:4 “Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them.
to restore to health

Causative action by which deities cause humans to become physically strong

Examples
Isaiah 38:16 “Lord, by these things people live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; Restore me to health and let me live!
to 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

Examples
Genesis 28:12 And he had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
Genesis 37:6 He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have had;
Genesis 37:9 Then he had yet another dream, and informed his brothers of it, and said, “Behold, I have had yet another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

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

Who or what does itSubject

25 occurrences in 15 groups

Not stated: I 7
Not stated: he, she or it 4
Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

12 occurrences in 2 groups

חֲלוֹםdream 11
נִיme 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 4 groups

בin/on/with+ לַיִלnight 1
בin/on/with+ שָׁנֶהyear 1
כlike/as+ פִּתְרוֹןinterpretation 1
לto/for+ הֶםthem 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 1 groups

עוֹדstill, again, yet 2

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 1 groups

חֲלוֹםdream 3

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 1 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 2

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

מוּתto die 1
קוּםto arise 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אָמַרto say 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 2 groups

כlike/as 3
אֵלto, toward 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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Semantic domains 2 entries

Strong002001001063: The verb's gloss "recover" and "be in good liking" describes regaining health and vigor, restored bodily strength.
Vision002004002015: The verb's dominant sense is to dream, as Jacob "dreamed" of the ladder reaching to heaven (Genesis 28:12), and Joseph "dreamed" the dreams that provoked his brothers' hatred (Genesis 37:5-6).

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חָלַםchâlam · H2492חֲלוֹם chălôwm · H2472 · dream · 65×חֵלֶם chêlem · H2493 · dream · 22×חַלָּמוּת challâmûwth · H2495 · juice of purslane / mallows, egg-yolk · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2492. chalam I. [חָלַם] verb be healthy, strong (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic Ethpe`el be…

H2492. chalam
I. [חָלַם] verb be healthy, strong (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic Ethpe`el be made healthy, strong, Aph`el causative, also derivatives; חֲלַם press firmly together) —
Qal Imperfect בְנֵיהֶם יַחְלְמוּ Job 39:4 their young are healthy.
Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular וְתַחֲלִימֵנִי Isa 38:16 and restore me to health (|| וְהַחֲיֵ֫ינִי).
II. חָלַם verb dream (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , חֲלַם; Ethiopic Arabic , dream, experience an emission of the seminal fluid, attain to puberty) —
Qal Perfect ׳ח Gen 42:9; Dan 2:1, חָלַמְתִּי Gen 37:9 Gen 37:3t., חָלָ֑מְתִּי Gen 37:6 Gen 37:2t., etc., + 3 t. Perfect; Imperfect יַחֲלֹם Isa 29:8 Isa 29:5t., יַחְלְמוּ Job 39:4, וַיַּחַלְמוּ Gen 40:5, יַחֲלֹמ֑וּן Joe 3:1, נַחַלְמָה Gen 41:11; Participle חוֺלֵם Deu 13:4,חֹלֵם Gen 41:1; Deu 13:2; Deu 13:6, חֹלְמִים Psa 126:1; — dream:
a. of ordinary dreams of sleep Isa 29:8 (twice in verse); Psa 126:1.
b. of dreams with prophetic meaning: of Jacob Gen 28:12, Joseph Gen 37:5-6, 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 Jdg 7:13, Nebuchad. Dan 2:1, Dan 2:3, old men in latter days Joe 3:1.
c. of dreams of false prophets Deu 13:2; Deu 13:4; Deu 13:6; Jer 23:25 (twice in verse).
Hiph`il Participle, מַחְלְמִים dream (of false prophets, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Jer 29:8 (but read חֹלְמִים [מ by dittograph from אַתֶּם], Hi Gf Gie Gr).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Strong2 occurrences Vision26 occurrences

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