HebrewH2431Noun
חֵילָם
che.lam
“Helam”
2Occurrences
H2431Strong's #
NounPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Chelam, a place East of Palestine
or חֵלָאםxlit Chêlʼâm corrected to Chêlâʼm; from H2428 (חַיִל); fortress;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Helam = "stronghold" a place east of the Jordan, west of the Euphrates, in Gilead, at which the Syrians under Hadarezer were defeated by David
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun
Morphology Code
N:N--L
Full Description
N:N--L
Occurrences
חֵילָם appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
2 Samuel
2
Key Passages
2 Samuel 10:16BSB
Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
2 Samuel 10:17BSB
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
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