חֵלֶם

Biblical Aramaic

dream — used 22 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

dream tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֵ֫לֶם: n.m. dream tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Dn 4:2 dream (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH חֲלוֹם, √ II. חלם);—abs. ח׳ Dn 4:2; 7:1; emph. חֶלְמָא 2:4 +; sf. הֶלְמִי 4:6, -מָךְ 2:28; pl. חֶלְמִין 5:12;—dream, as vehicle or revelation Dn 2:4 + 10 times, 4:3 + 6 times, 5:12; to prophet 7:1.

Jastrow 1903

חֲלַם ²: to consult an interpreter of dreams dreamer tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 5. Ib. XLI, 1; a. fr. to consult an interpreter of dreams or a dreamer. Targ. Jer. XXIX, 8, v. חָלְמָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (15); a dream (2); of (2).

In the verses

Daniel 2:36 · tree →

דְּנָ֣ה חֶלְמָ֔א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ נֵאמַ֥ר קֳדָם־מַלְכָּֽא׃

Word for word: this [was].the dream and interpretation its we.will.tell before the king

JPS 1917: This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

Daniel 2:7 · tree →

עֲנ֥וֹ תִנְיָנ֖וּת וְאָמְרִ֑ין מַלְכָּ֕א חֶלְמָ֛א יֵאמַ֥ר לְעַבְד֖וֹהִי וּפִשְׁרָ֥ה נְהַחֲוֵֽה׃

Word for word: they.replied a.second.[time] and [they.were].saying O king the dream let.him.tell to servants his and the interpretation we.will.declare

JPS 1917: They answered the second time and said: 'Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.'

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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