2492. חָלַם (chalam) -- dream (2024)

Strong's Concordance

chalam: dream

Original Word: חָלַם
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chalam
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lam')
Definition: to be healthy or strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [חָלַם] verb be healthy, strong (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic Ethpe`el be made healthy, strong, Aph`el causative, also derivatives; חֲלַם press firmly together) —

Qal Imperfect יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם Job 39:4 their young are healthy.

Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular וְתַחֲלִימֵנִי Isaiah 38:16 and restore me to health ("" וְהַחֲיֵ֫ינִי).

II. חָלַם verb dream (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , חֲלַם; Ethiopic Arabic , dream, experience an emission of the seminal fluid, attain to puberty) —

Qal Perfect ׳ח Genesis 42:9; Daniel 2:1, חָלַמְתִּי Genesis 37:9 3t., חָלָ֑מְתִּי Genesis 37:6 2t., etc., + 3 t. Perfect; Imperfect יַחֲלֹם Isaiah 29:8 5t., יַחְלְמוּ Job 39:4, וַיַּחַלְמוּ Genesis 40:5, יַחֲלֹמ֑וּן Joel 3:1, נַחַלְמָה Genesis 41:11; Participle חוֺלֵם Deuteronomy 13:4,חֹלֵם Genesis 41:1; Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 13:6, חֹלְמִים Psalm 126:1; — dream:

a. of ordinary dreams of sleep Isaiah 29:8 (twice in verse); Psalm 126:1.

b. of dreams with prophetic meaning: of Jacob Genesis 28:12, Joseph Genesis 37:5,6,9 (twice in verse); Genesis 37:10; Genesis 42:9, of Pharaoh and his servants Genesis 40:5,8; Genesis 41:1,5,11 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:15 (all E, not elsewhere in Hexateuch); of Midianite Judges 7:13, Nebuchad. Daniel 2:1,3, old men in latter days Joel 3:1.

c. of dreams of false prophets Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 13:6; Jeremiah 23:25 (twice in verse).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cause to dreamer, be in good liking, recover

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 -- (cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.

Forms and Transliterations

הַחֲל֥וֹם החלום וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖ם וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם וַיַּֽחַלְמוּ֩ וַיַּחֲלֹ֤ם וַיַּחֲלֹ֥ם וַנַּֽחַלְמָ֥ה ויחלם ויחלמו ונחלמה ותחלימני חֲלֹמ֣וֹת חָלַ֔מְנוּ חָלַ֔מְתִּי חָלַ֖ם חָלַ֖מְתִּי חָלַ֗מְתִּי חָלַ֤מְתִּֽי חָלַ֥ם חָלָ֑מְתִּי חָלָ֑מְתָּ חָלָֽמְנוּ׃ חָלָֽמְתִּי׃ חֹלֵ֔ם חֹלֵ֣ם חֹלֵם֩ חוֹלֵ֥ם חולם חלם חלמות חלמנו חלמנו׃ חלמת חלמתי חלמתי׃ יַחְלְמ֣וּ יַחֲלֹ֤ם יַחֲלֹ֨ם יחלם יחלמו כְּחֹלְמִֽים׃ כחלמים׃ מַחְלְמִֽים׃ מחלמים׃ chaLam chaLamenu chaLameta chaLameti chaLamnu chaLamti chaloMot choLem ha·ḥă·lō·wm ḥā·lā·mə·nū ḥā·lā·mə·tā ḥā·lā·mə·tî ḥā·lam ḥā·lam·nū ḥā·lam·tî ḥă·lō·mō·wṯ hachaLom haḥălōwm ḥālam ḥālāmənū ḥālāmətā ḥālāmətî ḥālamnū ḥālamtî ḥălōmōwṯ ḥō·lêm ḥō·w·lêm ḥōlêm ḥōwlêm kə·ḥō·lə·mîm kecholeMim kəḥōləmîm machleMim maḥ·lə·mîm maḥləmîm vaiyachalMu vaiyachaLom vannachalMah vetachaliMeni wan·na·ḥal·māh wannaḥalmāh way·ya·ḥă·lōm way·ya·ḥal·mū wayyaḥalmū wayyaḥălōm wə·ṯa·ḥă·lî·mê·nî wəṯaḥălîmênî ya·ḥă·lōm yachaLom yachleMu yaḥ·lə·mū yaḥălōm yaḥləmū

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Genesis 28:12
HEB: וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם וְהִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙
NAS: He had a dream, and behold, a ladder
KJV: And he dreamed, and behold a ladder
INT: had and behold A ladder

Genesis 37:5
HEB: וַיַּחֲלֹ֤ם יוֹסֵף֙ חֲל֔וֹם
NAS: Then Joseph had a dream,
KJV: And Joseph dreamed a dream,
INT: had Joseph A dream

Genesis 37:6
HEB: שִׁמְעוּ־ נָ֕א הַחֲל֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: dream which I have had;
KJV: I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
INT: listen Please have had to this which

Genesis 37:6
HEB: הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָלָֽמְתִּי׃
INT: to this which have had

Genesis 37:9
HEB: וַיַּחֲלֹ֥ם עוֹד֙ חֲל֣וֹם
NAS: Now he had still another
KJV: And he dreamed yet another dream,
INT: had still dream

Genesis 37:9
HEB: וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֨ה חָלַ֤מְתִּֽי חֲלוֹם֙ ע֔וֹד
NAS: Lo, I have had still
KJV: and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream
INT: and said Lo have had dream still

Genesis 37:10
HEB: הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָלָ֑מְתָּ הֲב֣וֹא נָב֗וֹא
NAS: dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother
KJV: unto him, What [is] this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother
INT: is this that dreamed actually come

Genesis 40:5
HEB: וַיַּֽחַלְמוּ֩ חֲל֨וֹם שְׁנֵיהֶ֜ם
NAS: in jail, both had a dream the same
KJV: And they dreamed a dream both of them,
INT: had A dream both

Genesis 40:8
HEB: אֵלָ֔יו חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֔מְנוּ וּפֹתֵ֖ר אֵ֣ין
NAS: Then they said to him, We have had a dream
KJV: And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream,
INT: about A dream have had to interpret and there

Genesis 41:1
HEB: יָמִ֑ים וּפַרְעֹ֣ה חֹלֵ֔ם וְהִנֵּ֖ה עֹמֵ֥ד
NAS: that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold,
KJV: that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood
INT: full Pharaoh had and behold was standing

Genesis 41:5
HEB: וַיִּישָׁ֕ן וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖ם שֵׁנִ֑ית וְהִנֵּ֣ה ׀
NAS: He fell asleep and dreamed a second time;
KJV: And he slept and dreamed the second time:
INT: fell and dreamed A second and behold

Genesis 41:11
HEB: וַנַּֽחַלְמָ֥ה חֲל֛וֹם בְּלַ֥יְלָה
NAS: We had a dream on the same
KJV: And we dreamed a dream in one
INT: had A dream night

Genesis 41:11
HEB: כְּפִתְר֥וֹן חֲלֹמ֖וֹ חָלָֽמְנוּ׃
NAS: he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation
KJV: night, I and he; we dreamed each man
INT: to the interpretation of his dream dreamed

Genesis 41:15
HEB: יוֹסֵ֔ף חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֔מְתִּי וּפֹתֵ֖ר אֵ֣ין
NAS: to Joseph, I have had a dream,
KJV: unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream,
INT: Joseph A dream have had interpret no

Genesis 42:9
HEB: הַחֲלֹמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָלַ֖ם לָהֶ֑ם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
NAS: which he had about them, and said
KJV: the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said
INT: the dreams which had and said to

Deuteronomy 13:1
HEB: נָבִ֔יא א֖וֹ חֹלֵ֣ם חֲל֑וֹם וְנָתַ֥ן
NAS: or a dreamer of dreams
KJV: you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams,
INT: A prophet or A dreamer of dreams and gives

Deuteronomy 13:3
HEB: א֛וֹ אֶל־ חוֹלֵ֥ם הַחֲל֖וֹם הַה֑וּא
NAS: or that dreamer of dreams;
KJV: of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams:
INT: or about dreamer of dreams he

Deuteronomy 13:5
HEB: הַה֡וּא א֣וֹ חֹלֵם֩ הַחֲל֨וֹם הַה֜וּא
NAS: or that dreamer of dreams
KJV: And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams,
INT: he or dreamer of dreams he

Judges 7:13
HEB: הִנֵּ֧ה חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֗מְתִּי וְהִנֵּ֨ה [צְלֹול
NAS: Behold, I had a dream;
KJV: and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream,
INT: Behold A dream had Behold cake

Job 39:4
HEB: יַחְלְמ֣וּ בְ֭נֵיהֶם יִרְבּ֣וּ
NAS: Their offspring become strong, they grow
KJV: Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up
INT: become their offspring grow

Psalm 126:1
HEB: צִיּ֑וֹן הָ֝יִ֗ינוּ כְּחֹלְמִֽים׃
NAS: ones of Zion, We were like those who dream.
KJV: of Zion, we were like them that dream.
INT: of Zion become dream

Isaiah 29:8
HEB: וְהָיָ֡ה כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יַחֲלֹ֨ם הָרָעֵ֜ב וְהִנֵּ֣ה
NAS: a hungry man dreams-- And behold,
KJV: It shall even be as when an hungry [man] dreameth, and, behold, he eateth;
INT: become when dreams A hungry behold

Isaiah 29:8
HEB: נַפְשׁוֹ֒ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר יַחֲלֹ֤ם הַצָּמֵא֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה
NAS: a thirsty man dreams-- And behold,
KJV: a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh;
INT: his hunger after dreams A thirsty behold

Isaiah 38:16
HEB: חַיֵּ֣י רוּחִ֔י וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃
NAS: of my spirit; O restore me to health and let me live!
KJV: of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
INT: the life of my spirit restore live

Jeremiah 23:25
HEB: שֶׁ֖קֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר חָלַ֖מְתִּי חָלָֽמְתִּי׃
NAS: saying, 'I had a dream, I had a dream!'
KJV: saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
INT: falsely saying had A dream