חֵילָם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2431

Helam — used 2 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

Helam tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֵילָם: n.pr.loc. tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Helam (1); to (1).

In the verses

2 Samuel 10:16 · tree →

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.

2 Samuel 10:17 · tree →

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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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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