Definition
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
Traditional renderings: (cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.
Traditional renderings: (cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָלַם:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
29 total
- Genesis 28:12וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם · And [Jacob] had a dreamAnd Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
- Genesis 37:5וַיַּחֲלֹ֤ם · had a dreamThen Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
- Genesis 37:6חָלָֽמְתִּי׃ · dream I hadHe said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
- Genesis 37:9וַיַּחֲלֹ֥ם · dream; חָלַ֤מְתִּֽי · dreamThen Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
- Genesis 37:10חָלָ֑מְתָּHe told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
- Genesis 40:5וַיַּֽחַלְמוּ֩ · had a dream…both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
- Genesis 40:8חָלַ֔מְנוּ“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.”
- Genesis 41:1חֹלֵ֔ם · had a dreamAfter two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
- Genesis 41:5וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖ם · and dreamed…but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
- Genesis 41:11וַנַּֽחַלְמָ֥ה · had dreams; חָלָֽמְנוּ׃One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
- Genesis 41:15חָלַ֔מְתִּיPharaoh 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.”
- Genesis 42:9חָלַ֖םJoseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
- Deuteronomy 13:1חֹלֵ֣ם · dreamerIf a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
- Deuteronomy 13:3חוֹלֵ֥ם · dreamer…you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 13:5חֹלֵם֩ · dreamerSuch a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Judges 7:13חָלַ֗מְתִּיAnd 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.”
- Job 39:4יַחְלְמ֣וּ · thriveTheir young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
- Psalm 126:1כְּחֹלְמִֽים׃ · like dreamersA song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- Isaiah 29:8יַחֲלֹ֨ם · dreams; יַחֲלֹ֤ם · dreams…as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 38:16וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי · You have restored me to healthO Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
- Jeremiah 23:25חָלַ֖מְתִּי · I had a dream; חָלָֽמְתִּי׃ · I had a dream“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
- Jeremiah 29:8מַחְלְמִֽים׃For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
- Daniel 2:1חָלַ֥ם · had dreamsIn the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
- Daniel 2:3חָלָ֑מְתִּי…he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”
- Joel 2:28יַחֲלֹמ֔וּן · men will dream dreamsAnd afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.