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Genesis 37:9

“And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חָלַםchâlam · khaw-lam'
H2492 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
(cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יַּחֲלֹ֥ם — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 30 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 28:12Genesis 37:5Genesis 37:6Genesis 37:6Genesis 37:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.