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Psalms 73:20

“As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֲלוֹםchălôwm · khal-ome'
H2472 · Hebrew
Definition
a dream
Derivation
or (shortened) חֲלֹם; from H2492 (חָלַם);
KJV renderings
dream(-er).
Grammar
  • כַּ — preposition
  • חֲל֥וֹם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage
Occurs 64 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:3Genesis 20:6Genesis 31:10Genesis 31:11Genesis 31:24

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֲלוֹם here.

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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.