הָלַם
hâlam · haw-lam'
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
- to strike down
- by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To reveal, behold of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָלַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- broken1 · 11%
- and with the hammer she smote1 · 11%
- on beating down1 · 11%
- but now they break down1 · 11%
- smite1 · 11%
- they have beaten1 · 11%
- have broken down1 · 11%
- of them that are overcome1 · 11%
- him that smote1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.