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title: חֵילָם — Helam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵילָם (2431), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Helam. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵילָם

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«חֵילָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Helam** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2431 · **BDB:** חֵילָם

### Glosses

Helam (1); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Helam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2431/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2431/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. E. of Jordan 2 S 10:16 (Th their army, but 𝔊 𝔖 I EwGesch. iii. 211 Anm. 1 = H iii. 155 n.2 We Dr) = חֵלָ֑א‌֯מָה v 17 (𝔊 Αιλαμ); + חילם Ez 47:16 (𝔊 Ηλιαμ) Co; according to this it lay on the border between Damascus and Hamath.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵילָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2431/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.10.16/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח הֲדַדְעֶ֗זֶר וַיֹּצֵ֤א אֶת־אֲרָם֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֔ר וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ חֵילָ֑ם וְשׁוֹבַ֛ךְ שַׂר־צְבָ֥א הֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶר לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Hadadezer and he.brought.out (et) Aram which \[was\].from the.other.side of the.River and they.came Helam and Shobach the.commander of.the.army of.Hadadezer \[was\] before them

*JPS 1917:* And Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Arameans that were beyond the River; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadadezer at their head.

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[2 Samuel 10:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.10.17/)

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וַיֻּגַּ֣ד לְדָוִ֗דס וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיָּבֹ֖א חֵלָ֑אמָה וַיַּעַרְכ֤וּ אֲרָם֙ לִקְרַ֣את דָּוִ֔ד וַיִּלָּחֲמ֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.told to David and he.gathered (et) all Israel and he.passed.over (et) the Jordan and he.came to Helam and they.deployed Aram to meet David and they.engaged.in.battle with him

*JPS 1917:* And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

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