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Nehelam, Nehelamite

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(neh hehl' uhm, neh heh' law mite) Either a family name or a reference to the home of the false prophet Shemaiah (Jeremiah 29:24 ,Jeremiah 29:24,29:31-32 ). The name is perhaps a play on the Hebrew word for dreamer (compare Jeremiah 23:25 ,Jeremiah 23:25,23:32 ).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Nehelam, Nehelamite'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​n/nehelam-nehelamite.html. 1991.
 
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