Hebrew verb · H1986
הָלַם
halamhaw-lam'
to smite
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hâlam
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1986is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1986
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
The King James renders it: beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
halam is rendered "to smite". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 5:22Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
Judges 5:22הָלְמ֖וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they struck2
- a striker of1
- and she struck1
- let him strike me1
- struck down of1
- they beat me1
- they have struck down1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ה֣וֹלֶם1
- הֲל֥וּמֵי1
- הָלְמ֖וּ1
- הָלְמ֣וּ1
- הֲלָמ֗וּנִי1
- וְהָלְמָ֤ה1
- יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃1
- יֶֽהֶלְמֵֽנִי־1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
- Hc/Vqq3fs1Hc/Vqq3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1HVqi3mp/Sn
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVqi3ms/Sp1bs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVqp3cp/Sp1bs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HVqrmsc
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HVqsmpc
Judges
two uses
Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
- הָלְמ֖וּhalmuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they struck
She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
- וְהָלְמָ֤הvehalmahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she struck
Psalms
two uses
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
- יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃yahalomunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they struck
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
- יֶֽהֶלְמֵֽנִי־yehelmeni-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: let him strike me
Proverbs
one use
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
- הֲלָמ֗וּנִיhalamuniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they beat me
Isaiah
three uses
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
- הָלְמ֣וּhalmuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have struck down
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
- הֲל֥וּמֵיhalumeiverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: struck down of
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
- ה֣וֹלֶםholemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a striker of
The letters
Gematria 75· 635 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.