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חֵלֶם

«חֵלֶם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: dream — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 22 times · Key: lemma:חֵלֶם · BDB: חֵ֫לֶם

Glosses

the (15); a.dream (2); of (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

dream tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

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)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חֵלֶם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 2:36

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

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.'

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