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title: חֲלוֹם — dream · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲלוֹם (2472), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 65 times: dream. BDB 1906: n.m. dream. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲלוֹם

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«חֲלוֹם» in the Tanakh 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:** 65 times · **Key:** 2472 · **BDB:** חֲלוֹם

### Glosses

a.dream (21); dreams (15); dream (14)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dream [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2472/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dream [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2472/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 37:10 dream;—ח׳ abs. Gn 37:5 +, cstr. Gn 20:3, חֲלֹם abs. Gn 20:6, cstr. 31:24; sf. חֲלוֹמִי Gn 40:9, 16, חֲלֹמִי Gn 41:17, 22, חֲלֹמוֹ Gn 40:5 + 5 times; pl. חֲלֹמוֹת Je 23:32 + 10 times etc., + 7 times sf.—dream ordinary dream of sleep Jb 7:14; 20:8 ψ 73:20 Ec 5:2, 6 Is 29:7. dreams with prophetic meaning, the lowest grade of prophecy (v. BrMP 6): dream of Abimelek Gn 20:3, 6, of Jacob 31:10, 11, Laban 31:24, Joseph 37:5, 6, 8, 9(×2), 10, 19, 20; 42:9, Pharaoh and his servants 40:5(×3), 8, 9(×2), 16; 41:7, 8, 11(×2), 12(×2), 15(×2), 17, 22, 25, 26, 32; of a lower order of prophets than Moses Nu 12:6, (all E, not elsewhere in Hex.), Jb 33:15, of Midianite Ju 7:13(×2), 15, desired by Saul 1 S 28:6, 15; of Sol. 1 K 3:5, 15; of old men in latter days Jo 3:1, of Nebuchad. Dn 2:1, 2, 3(×2) Daniel הֵבִין בְּכָל־חָזוֹן וַחֲלֹמוֹת Dn 1:17 had understanding in all visions and dreams. of false prophets Dt 13:2, 4, 6 Je 23:27, 28(×2), 32; 27:9; 29:8 Zc 10:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 55 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, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲלוֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2472/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.14/)

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וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃

*Word for word:* and you will.dismay.me by dreams and from visions you will.terrify.me

*JPS 1917:* Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;

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[Psalms 73:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.20/)

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כַּחֲל֥וֹם מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָי בָּעִ֤יר ׀ צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* like a.dream from when.awakes Lord my when waken image their you.will.despise

*JPS 1917:* As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.

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