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title: הָלַם — strike · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָלַם (1986), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: strike. BDB 1906: vb. smite, hammer, strike down. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָלַם

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«הָלַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strike** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 1986 · **BDB:** הָלַם

### Glosses

they (2); \[one.who\].strikes (1); \[those\].struck.down (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strike [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1986/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. smite, hammer, strike down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1986/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. smite, hammer, strike down (cf. Ph. מהלם infr. sub מַהֲלֻמוֹת);— Pf. 3 fs. וְהָֽלְמָה consec. Ju 5:26; 3 pl. הָֽלְמוּ Ju 5:22 Is 16:8; sf. הֲלָמוּנִי Pr 23:35; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יֶהֶלְמֵנִי ψ 141:5; 3 mpl. יַהֲלֹמ֑וּן ψ 74:6; Pt. act. ה֫וֹלֶם פָּ֑עַם Is 41:7 (cf. Ges§ 29, 3 b); pass. cstr. הֲלוּמֵי Is 28:1;—smite (with hammer), sq. acc. pers. Ju 5:26 (fatally; ‖ מָחַק, מָחַץ); also fig. of correction, discipline ψ 141:5 (‖ הוֹכִיחַ); of intoxicating wine גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה בַּעֲלֵי גוֹיִם הָֽלְמוּ שְׂרוּקֶּיהָ Is 16:8 the vine of Sibma, its choice branches smote down lords of nations (so Hi De Che Brd Di al., RVm; lords subj. according to Ges Ew al. AV RV); also הֲלוּמֵי יַיִן smitten down by wine Is 28:1; cf. further Pr 23:35; sq. acc. rei ה֫וֹלֶם־פָּ֑עַם Is 41:7 one striking an anvil; smite down, or strike off ψ 74:6 (obj. פִּתּוּחִים carved work); also abs. of horses’ hoofs Ju 5:22.—On וַהֲלֹם 1 S 14:16 v. הֲלֹם.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָלַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1986/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.22/)

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אָ֥ז הָלְמ֖וּ עִקְּבֵי־ס֑וּס מִֽדַּהֲר֖וֹת דַּהֲר֥וֹת אַבִּירָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* then they.struck \[the\].heels of.horse\[s\] from.\[the\] galloping the.galloping of his.mighty.\[horses\]

*JPS 1917:* Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.

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[Psalms 74:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.6/)

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וְ֭עַתָּה פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* and now engravings its altogether with axe\[s\] and crowbars they struck

*JPS 1917:* And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.

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