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H2472

חֲלוֹם

cha.lomH:N-M

dream

1) dream 1a) dream (ordinary) 1b) dream (with prophetic meaning) Aramaic equivalent: che.lem (חֵ֫לֶם "dream" H2493)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חֲלוֺם noun masculineGen 37:10 dream; — ׳ת absolute Gen 37:5 +, construct Gen 20:3, חֲלֹם absolute Gen 20:6, construct Gen 31:24 suffix חֲלוֺמִי Gen 40:9; Gen 40:16, חֲלֹמִי Gen 41:17; Gen 41:22, חֲלֹמוֺ Gen 40:5 + 5 t.; plural חֲלֹמוֺת Jer 23:32 + 10 t. etc., + 7 t. suffix — dream

1. ordinary dream of sleep Job 7:14; Job 20:8; Ps 73:20; Eccl 5:2; Eccl 5:6; Isa 29:7.
2. dreams with prophetic meaning, the lowest grade of prophecy (see BrMP 6):
  a. dream of Abimelek Gen 20:3; Gen 20:6, of Jacob Gen 31:10; Gen 31:11, Laban Gen 31:24, Joseph Gen 37:5; Gen 37:6; Gen 37:8; Gen 37:9 (twice in verse); Gen 37:10; Gen 37:19; Gen 37:20; Gen 42:9, Pharaoh and his servants Gen 40:5 (3 t. in verse); Gen 40:8; Gen 40:9 (twice in verse); Gen 40:16; Gen 41:7; Gen 41:8; Gen 41:11 (twice in verse); Gen 41:12 (twice in verse); Gen 41:15 (twice in verse); Gen 41:17; Gen 41:22; Gen 41:25; Gen 41:26; Gen 41:32 of a lower order of prophets than Moses Num 12:6, (all E, not elsewhere in Hexateuch), Job 33:15, of Midianite Judg 7:13 (twice in verse); Judg 7:15, desired by Saul 1Sam 28:6; 1Sam 28:15 of Solomon 1Kgs 3:5; 1Kgs 3:15 of old men in latter days Joel 3:1, of Nebuchadnezzar Dan 2:1; Dan 2:2; Dan 2:3 (twice in verse); Daniel הֵבִין בְּכָלחָֿזוֺן וַחֲלֹמוֺת Dan 1:17 had understanding in all visions and dreams.
  b. of false prophets Deut 13:2; Deut 13:4; Deut 13:6; Jer 23:27; Jer 23:28 (twice in verse); Jer 23:32; Jer 27:9; Jer 29:8; Zech 10:2.

חֵלֶם22 noun masculineDan 4:2 dream (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew חֲלוֺם, √ II. חלם); — absolute ׳ח Dan 4:2; Dan 7:1 emphatic חֶלְמָא Dan 2:4 +; suffix חֶלְמִי Dan 4:6, מָךְ- Dan 2:28 plural חֶלְמִין Dan 5:12 — dream, as vehicle of revelation Dan 2:4 + 10 t., Dan 4:3 + 6 t., Dan 5:12 to prophet Dan 7:1.

46 occurrences

Genesis (26), Numbers (1), Judges (2), I Samuel (2), I Kings (2), Job (2), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (5), Daniel (3), Zechariah (1)