Hebrew verb · H2492
חָלַם
chalamkhaw-lam'
be healthy; to dream
29 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châlam
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2492is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 28spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2492
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
The King James renders it: (cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.
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
chalam is rendered "be healthy; to dream". It stands 29 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "be healthy".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 28:12And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-eight different ways.
The first use
And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
Genesis 28:12וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: be healthy, and to dream.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| be healthyStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 28:12And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to… |
| to dreamStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- I have dreamed7
- and he dreamed4
- dreamer of2
- dreaming2
- he dreams2
- we dreamed2
- a dreamer of1
- and may you restore to health me1
- and they dreamed1
- and we dreamed1
- he dreamed1
- he had dreamed1
and 4 more, 29 uses in all
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.
The words it stands beside
All 29, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
28 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
- חָלָֽמְתִּי׃2
- וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם1
- וַיַּחֲלֹ֤ם1
- וַיַּחֲלֹ֥ם1
- וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖ם1
- וַיַּֽחַלְמוּ֩1
- וַנַּֽחַלְמָ֥ה1
- וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי1
- חוֹלֵ֥ם1
- חָלַ֖ם1
- חָלַ֥ם1
- חֹלֵ֔ם1
and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular7HVqp1cs
- Hc/Vqw3ms4Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HVqrmsc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural2HVqp1cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
- HC/Vhu2ms/Sp1bs1HC/Vhu2ms/Sp1bs
- Hc/Vqw1cp/Sh1Hc/Vqw1cp/Sh
- Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HR/Vqrmpa
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural1HVhrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
Genesis
fourteen uses
And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
- וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗םvaiyachalomHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he dreamed
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
- וַיַּחֲלֹ֤םvaiyachalomHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he dreamed
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
- חָלָֽמְתִּי׃chalametiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dreamed
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
- וַיַּחֲלֹ֥םvaiyachalomHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he dreamed
- חָלַ֤מְתִּֽיchalamtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dreamed
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
- חָלָ֑מְתָּchalametaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have dreamed
both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
- וַיַּֽחַלְמוּ֩vaiyachalmuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they dreamed
“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- חָלַ֔מְנוּchalamnuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we dreamed
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
- חֹלֵ֔םcholemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dreaming
but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
- וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖םvaiyachalomHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he dreamed
One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
- וַנַּֽחַלְמָ֥הvanachalmahHc/Vqw1cp/Shtagged: and we dreamed
- חָלָֽמְנוּ׃chalamenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we dreamed
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
- חָלַ֔מְתִּיchalamtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dreamed
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
- חָלַ֖םchalamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had dreamed
Deuteronomy
three uses
If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
- חֹלֵ֣םcholemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a dreamer of
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- חוֹלֵ֥םcholemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dreamer of
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- חֹלֵם֩cholemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dreamer of
Judges
one use
And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
- חָלַ֗מְתִּיchalamtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dreamed
Job
one use
Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
- יַחְלְמ֣וּyachlemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they become strong
Psalms
one use
When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- כְּחֹלְמִֽים׃kecholemimpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: like dream
Isaiah
three uses
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
- יַחֲלֹ֨םyachalomverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he dreams
- יַחֲלֹ֤םyachalomverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he dreams
O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
- וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִיvetachalimeniHC/Vhu2ms/Sp1bstagged: and may you restore to health me
Jeremiah
three uses
“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
- חָלַ֖מְתִּיchalamtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dreamed
- חָלָֽמְתִּי׃chalametiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dreamed
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
- מַחְלְמִֽים׃machlemimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: dreaming
Daniel
two uses
In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
- חָלַ֥םchalamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he dreamed
he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”
- חָלָ֑מְתִּיchalametiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dreamed
Joel
one use
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- יַחֲלֹמ֔וּןyachalomunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will dream
The letters
Gematria 78· 638 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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.
