חָלַם
châlam · khaw-lam'
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
Lexicon
Derivation: 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
- properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump
- also, (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָלַם 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
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- dreamed3 · 10%
- i have dreamed3 · 10%
- and he dreamed2 · 7%
- or that dreamer2 · 7%
- which i have dreamed1 · 3%
- behold, i have dreamed1 · 3%
- that thou hast dreamed1 · 3%
- and they dreamed1 · 3%
- unto him, we have dreamed1 · 3%
- and dreamed1 · 3%
- and we dreamed1 · 3%
- i and he; we dreamed1 · 3%
- which he dreamed1 · 3%
- or a dreamer1 · 3%
- behold, i dreamed1 · 3%
- are in good liking1 · 3%
- we were like them that dream1 · 3%
- man dreameth1 · 3%
- dreameth1 · 3%
- so wilt thou recover1 · 3%
- which ye cause to be dreamed1 · 3%
- unto them, i have dreamed1 · 3%
- shall dream1 · 3%
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.