HebrewH2472Noun (Masculine)

חֲלוֹם

cha.lom

49Occurrences
H2472Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a dream

or (shortened) חֲלֹם; from H2492 (חָלַם);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. dream 1a) dream (ordinary) 1b) dream (with prophetic meaning) Aramaic equivalent: che.lem (*חֵ֫לֶם *"dream" H2493)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חֲלוֹם appears 49 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
27
Jeremiah
5
Daniel
4
Job
3
1 Kings
2
1 Samuel
2
Judges
2
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 3:5BSB

One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

Genesis 20:6BSB

Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Genesis 37:19BSB

“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

Genesis 41:12BSB

Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.

Judges 7:13BSB

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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