# חָלַם (chalam)

Israeli respelling: cha-lam. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2492. 25 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream

King James renderings: (cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chalam-h2492

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 28:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/28/12) — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and de…
- [Genesis 37:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/5) — And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
- [Genesis 37:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/6) — And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
- [Genesis 37:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 moo…
- [Genesis 37:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/10) — And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed…
- [Genesis 40:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/40/5) — And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler a…
- [Genesis 40:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/40/8) — And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belon…
- [Genesis 41:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/1) — And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
- [Genesis 41:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/5) — And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
- [Genesis 41:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/11) — And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
- [Genesis 41:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/15) — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou cans…
- [Genesis 42:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/9) — And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
- [Deuteronomy 13:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/13/1) — If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
- [Deuteronomy 13:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/13/3) — Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye lov…
- [Deuteronomy 13:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/13/5) — And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which b…
- [Judges 7:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/7/13) — And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake o…
- [Job 39:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/4) — Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
- [Psalms 126:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/126/1) — When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
- [Isaiah 29:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/8) — It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dr…
- [Isaiah 38:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/38/16) — O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
- [Jeremiah 23:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/23/25) — I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
- [Jeremiah 29:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/29/8) — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, nei…
- [Daniel 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/1) — And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake…
- [Daniel 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/3) — And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
- [Joel 2:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/28) — And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your o…