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title: נֶחֱלָמִי — Nechelamite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֶחֱלָמִי (5161), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Nechelamite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֶחֱלָמִי

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«נֶחֱלָמִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nechelamite** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5161 · **BDB:** נֶחֱלָמִי

### Glosses

Nehelamite (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nechelamite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5161/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5161/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. (noun not found);—Je 29:24; also v 31, 32 (where van d. H. נֶחְלָמִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֶחֱלָמִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5161/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 29:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.24/)

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וְאֶל־שְׁמַעְיָ֥הוּ הַנֶּחֱלָמִ֖י תֹּאמַ֥ר לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you.will.say (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying:

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[Jeremiah 29:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.31/)

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שְׁלַ֤ח עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹלָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־שְׁמַעְיָ֖ה הַנֶּחֱלָמִ֑י יַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ נִבָּ֨א לָכֶ֜ם שְׁמַעְיָ֗ה וַֽאֲנִי֙ לֹ֣א שְׁלַחְתִּ֔יו וַיַּבְטַ֥ח אֶתְכֶ֖ם עַל־שָֽׁקֶר׃

*Word for word:* send to all the exile\[s\] (cmp) thus he.says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite because that he.has.prophesied to you Shemaiah and I not I sent.him and he.has.made.rely you on falsehood

*JPS 1917:* Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;

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