הֲלֹם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1988

hither — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

hither tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הֲלֹם: adv. of place, hither tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: here (12).

In the verses

Judges 20:7 · tree →

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.'

Psalms 73:10 · tree →

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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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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