חֵלֶם
chêlem · khay'-lem
a dream
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H2492 (חָלַם);
a dream
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dream.
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 חֵלֶם 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the dream8 · 36%
- unto me the dream3 · 14%
- me the dream2 · 9%
- a dream2 · 9%
- thy dream1 · 5%
- is the dream1 · 5%
- and the dream1 · 5%
- of the dream1 · 5%
- of my dream1 · 5%
- dream1 · 5%
- of dreams1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel22
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.