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title: הֲלֹם — hither · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֲלֹם (1988), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: hither. BDB 1906: adv. of place, hither. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֲלֹם

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«הֲלֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hither** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 1988 · **BDB:** הֲלֹם

### Glosses

here (12)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hither [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1988/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. of place, hither [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1988/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. of place, hither (Arabic هَلُمَّ hither!)—Ex 3:5 אַל־תִּקְרַב הֲלֹם approach not hither, Ju 18:3; 20:7 1 S 10:22; 14:16 and lo, the camp melted away וַיֵּלֶךְ וַהֲלֹם read with 𝔊 (ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν) Th We Dr הֲלֹם וַהֲלֹם hither and thither i.e. in different directions (cf. הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה Jos 8:20), v 36, 38 Ru 2:14; עַד הֲלֹם fig. hitherto, thus far (i.e. to this point of dignity and greatness) 2 S 7:18 (= 1 Ch 17:16). ψ 73:10, if text be sound, הֲלֹם must mean thither (sc. after the persons described v 3–9); but such sense questionable; read prob. with Houb La for ישיב עמו הלם, יַשְׂבִּעֵמוֹ לָ֑חֶם satisfies them with bread: cf. Che Hup-Now. Gn 16:13 = here; but here also text is dub.: v Di. Ju 14:15 read הֲלֹם for הֲלֹא: v. הֲ 1 end.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֲלֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1988/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 20:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.7/)

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הִנֵּ֥ה כֻלְּכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הָב֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם דָּבָ֥ר וְעֵצָ֖ה הֲלֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* here! of.you all O.people of.Israel give (for yourselves a.word and counsel here

*JPS 1917:* Behold, ye are all here, children of Israel, give here your advice and council.'

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[Psalms 73:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.10/)

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לָכֵ֤ן ׀ יָשׁ֣וּב עַמּ֣וֹ הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* therefore it.turns.back people his here and waters of.full they.are.drained by them

*JPS 1917:* Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.

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