חָלַם
cha.lam
“be healthy”
Definition
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
a primitive root;
- to be healthy, be strong 1a) (Qal) to be healthy 1b) (Hiphil) to restore to health
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
חָלַם appears 21 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
“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.”
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.”
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.”
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