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title: חֵלֶם — dream · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֵלֶם (lemma:חֵלֶם), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 22 times: dream. BDB 1906: n.m. dream. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵלֶם

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«חֵלֶם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **dream** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** lemma:חֵלֶם · **BDB:** חֵ֫לֶם

### Glosses

the (15); a.dream (2); of (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dream [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5dc_5b6_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dream [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5dc_5b6_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 4:2 dream (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH חֲלוֹם, √ II. חלם);—abs. ח׳ Dn 4:2; 7:1; emph. חֶלְמָא 2:4 +; sf. הֶלְמִי 4:6, -מָךְ 2:28; pl. חֶלְמִין 5:12;—dream, as vehicle or revelation Dn 2:4 + 10 times, 4:3 + 6 times, 5:12; to prophet 7:1.

### Jastrow 1903

חֲלַם ²: to consult an interpreter of dreams dreamer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5dc_5b6_5dd/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 5. Ib. XLI, 1; a. fr. to consult an interpreter of dreams or a dreamer. Targ. Jer. XXIX, 8, v. חָלְמָא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵלֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5dc_5b6_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.36/)

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דְּנָ֣ה חֶלְמָ֔א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ נֵאמַ֥ר קֳדָם־מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* this \[was\].the dream and interpretation its we.will.tell before the king

*JPS 1917:* This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

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[Daniel 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.7/)

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עֲנ֥וֹ תִנְיָנ֖וּת וְאָמְרִ֑ין מַלְכָּ֕א חֶלְמָ֛א יֵאמַ֥ר לְעַבְד֖וֹהִי וּפִשְׁרָ֥ה נְהַחֲוֵֽה׃

*Word for word:* they.replied a.second.\[time\] and \[they.were\].saying O king the dream let.him.tell to servants his and the interpretation we.will.declare

*JPS 1917:* They answered the second time and said: 'Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.'

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