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Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H2493

חֵלֶם

chelemkhay'-lem

dream

22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: chêlem

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2493is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

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    Old Testament books
  • 15
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2493

a dream

The King James renders it: dream.

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

chelem is rendered "dream". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.

  • Twenty-two of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 2:4Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
  • The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.

The first use

Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

Daniel 2:4חֶלְמָ֛א

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-two of the word's twenty-two uses are in Daniel.

The other 38 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • dream the15
  • a dream2
  • and dream the2
  • dream my1
  • dream your1
  • dreams1

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.

חֵלֶקcheleqportionUses67
חֵלֶףchelephforUses2

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 22, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

15 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

  • חֶלְמָ֣א3
  • חֶלְמָ֥א3
  • חֶלְמָ֛א2
  • חֶלְמָ֤א2
  • חֶלְמָ֖א2
  • וְחֶלְמָ֗א1
  • וְחֶלְמָ֖א1
  • חֵ֥לֶם1
  • חֵ֣לֶם1
  • חֶלְמָא֩1
  • חֶלְמָא֙1
  • חֶלְמָ֔א1

and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)15ANcbsd/Ta
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2AC/Ncbsd/Ta
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular2ANcbsa
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1ANcbsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1ANcbsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine plural1ANcmpa

Daniel

twenty-two uses
  • Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

    Daniel 2:4

    • חֶלְמָ֛אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

    Daniel 2:5

    • חֶלְמָ֣אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation.”

    Daniel 2:6

    • חֶלְמָ֤אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
    • חֶלְמָ֥אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”

    Daniel 2:7

    • חֶלְמָ֛אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”

    Daniel 2:9

    • חֶלְמָא֩chelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
    • חֶלְמָא֙chelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • The king responded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to tell me what I saw in the dream, as well as its interpretation?”

    Daniel 2:26

    • חֶלְמָ֥אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

    Daniel 2:28

    • חֶלְמָ֨ךְchelmakhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: dream your
  • This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.

    Daniel 2:36

    • חֶלְמָ֔אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

    Daniel 2:45

    • חֶלְמָ֖אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

    Daniel 4:5

    • חֵ֥לֶםchelemnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a dream
  • So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

    Daniel 4:6

    • חֶלְמָ֖אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.

    Daniel 4:7

    • וְחֶלְמָ֗אvechelma'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and dream the
  • But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:

    Daniel 4:8

    • וְחֶלְמָ֖אvechelma'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and dream the
  • “O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.

    Daniel 4:9

    • חֶלְמִ֧יchelminoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: dream my
  • This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

    Daniel 4:18

    • חֶלְמָ֣אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” “My lord,” replied Belteshazzar, “may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!

    Daniel 4:19

    • חֶלְמָ֤אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
    • חֶלְמָ֥אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the
  • did this because Daniel, the one he named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, as well as knowledge, understanding, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Summon Daniel, therefore, and he will give you the interpretation.”

    Daniel 5:12

    • חֶלְמִין֩chelminnoun · masculine pluraltagged: dreams
  • In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.

    Daniel 7:1

    • חֵ֣לֶםchelemnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a dream
    • חֶלְמָ֣אchelma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: dream the

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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