חֵלֶם chelem

Hebrew word for “dream” · Strong’s H2493 · used 22 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

dream; Aramaic of cha.lom (חֲלוֹם "dream" H2472)

How it is translated

Glosses given for chelem in context, with how often each is used:

• dream the 17
• dream 4
• dreams 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 2 (9), Daniel 4 (7), Daniel 5 (1), Daniel 7 (1)

Forms

• חלמא 15
• חלם 2
• וחלמא 2
• חלמך 1
• חלמי 1
• חלמין 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chelem more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פְּשַׁר peshar “interpretation” 14
• אֲמַר amar “to say” 12
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 11
• יְדַע yeda “to know” 9
• בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר beleteshatstsar “Belteshazzar” 6
• דִּי di “that” 10
• חֲזָה chazah “to see” 6
• קֳדָם qodam “before” 6
• חֲוָה chavah “to show” 5
• לָא la “not” 6
• שֻׁם shum “name” 4
• דָּנִיֵּאל daniyyel “Daniel” 5

Key verses

The verses using chelem that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Daniel 2:4 — Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
• Daniel 2:9 — But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the…
• Daniel 2:28 — But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions…
• Daniel 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and…
• Daniel 4:5 — I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
• Daniel 4:7 — Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the…
• Daniel 4:8 — But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before…
• Daniel 4:9 — O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my…
• Daniel 4:18 — This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not…
• Daniel 4:19 — Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream,…
• Daniel 5:12 — Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found…
• Daniel 7:1 — In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.