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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #1986 - הָלַם
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1266) ml (למ LM) AC: Bind CO: Staff AB: ?: The pictograph l is a picture of a shepherd staff, the m is a picture of water representing might. Combined these mean "staff of might". The shepherd always carried his staff for guiding, leading and protecting the flock. The flock was bound to the shepherd, as the staff was a sign of his authority over the sheep. The yoke was a staff laid across the shoulders of two oxen. The oxen were then tied to the yokes at the neck, binding the two together for plowing or pulling a cart. A people bound together. A wound bound with bandages.
A) ml (למ LM) AC: ? CO: Toward AB: ?: A moving toward someone or something.
im) mlt (תלמ TLM) - Furrow: Made by oxen plowing a field. KJV (5): furrow, ridge - Strongs: H8525 (תֶּלֶם)
q m) fml (למו LMW) - Toward: [The more ancient form is probably ml, the short form "l " is used as a prefix meaning "to" or "for"; See also la] KJV (4): for, at, to, upon - Strongs: H3926 (לְמוֹ)
C) mla (אלמ ALM) AC: Bind CO: Sheaf AB: ?
V) mla (אלמ ALM) - Bind: To tie something, also the tying of the tongue, silence. KJV (9): (vf: Niphal, Piel) dumb, silent, binding - Strongs: H481 (אָלַם)
Nm) mla (אלמ ALM) - Silent: KJV (1): congregation - Strongs: H482 (אֵלֶם)
dm) mfla (אלומ ALWM) - Sheaf: A sheaf of grain that is bound. KJV (5): sheaf - Strongs: H485 (אָלֻם)
df1) emfla (אלומה ALWMH) - Sheaf: A sheaf of grain that is bound. KJV (5): sheaf - Strongs: H485 (אָלֻם)
em) mlia (אילמ AYLM) - Silent: KJV (6): dumb - Strongs: H483 (אִלֵּם)
jm) nfmla (אלמונ ALMWN) - Widowhood: As bound in grief. KJV (1): forsaken - Strongs: H489 (אַלְמֹן)
mm) nmla (אלמנ ALMN) - Forsaken: As bound in grief. KJV (1): forsaken - Strongs: H488 (אַלְמָן)
mf1) enmla (אלמנה ALMNH) - Widow: As bound in grief. KJV (55): widow, desolate - Strongs: H490 (אַלְמָנָה)
mf3) tfnmla (אלמנות ALMNWT) - Widow: As bound in grief. KJV (4): widow, widowhood - Strongs: H491 (אַלְמָנוּת)
om) mlfa (אולמ AWLM) - Porch: In the sense of tying. KJV (34): porch - Strongs: H197 (אֻלַם)
jfm) infmla (אלמוני ALMWNY) - Such: An unidentified person or place as bound up in uncertainty. KJV (3): such, one - Strongs: H492 (אַלְמֹנִי)
D) mal (לאמ LAM) AC: ? CO: People AB: ?: A group of people bound together.
cm) mfal (לאומ LAWM) - People: KJV (35): people, nation, folk - Strongs: H3816 (לְאוֹם)
F) mle (הלמ HLM) AC: Strike CO: Hammer AB: ?
V) mle (הלמ HLM) - Strike: To hit or beat in order to break or smash. KJV (9): (vf: Paal) smite, break, beat - Strongs: H1986 (הָלַם)
Nf3) tfmle (הלמות HLMWT) - Hammer: As used for striking. KJV (1): hammer - Strongs: H1989 (הַלְמוּת)
adf1) emflem (מהלומה MHLWMH) - Strike: KJV (2): stroke, stripe - Strongs: H4112 (מַהֲלֻמּוֹת)
G) mel (להמ LHM) AC: Strike CO: ? AB: ?: Bound with bandages.
V) mel (להמ LHM) - Wound: KJV (2): (vf: Hitpael) wound - Strongs: H3859 (לָהַם)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
הָלַם fut. O (Psal. 74:6 )
(1) to beat, to strike, to smite. Judges 5:26, הָֽלְמָה סִיסְרָא “she smote Sisera;” Psalms 74:6, 141:5 Isaiah 41:7, ה֫וֹלֶם פַּעַם who smote the anvil, pr. הוֹלֵם פַּעַם. As to the change of the accent, see Lehrg. p. 175, 308. Used of the hoof of a horse striking the ground, Judges 5:22. Metaph. הֲלוּמֵי יַיִן Isaiah 28:1, smitten by wine, drunkards; compare Gr. οἰνοπλήξ, Lat. percussus tempora Baccho. Tibull. As to similar expressions in Arabic, see my Comment. on Isa. loc. cit.
(2) to smite in pieces, to break, Isaiah 16:8.
(3) to be dissolved, to break up (intrans.) as an army, to be scattered; Germ. fich zerfchlagen. 1 Samuel 14:16, וַיֵּלֶךְ וַהֲלֹם “and (the hosts) were scattered more and more.”
Derivatives, besides those which immediately follow, יַהֲלֹם, מַהֲלֻמּוֹת.
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