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# הָלַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1986

**strike** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

strike [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1986/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הָלַם: vb. smite, hammer, strike down [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1986/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. smite, hammer, strike down (cf. Ph. מהלם infr. sub מַהֲלֻמוֹת);— Pf. 3 fs. וְהָֽלְמָה consec. Ju 5:26; 3 pl. הָֽלְמוּ Ju 5:22 Is 16:8; sf. הֲלָמוּנִי Pr 23:35; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יֶהֶלְמֵנִי ψ 141:5; 3 mpl. יַהֲלֹמ֑וּן ψ 74:6; Pt. act. ה֫וֹלֶם פָּ֑עַם Is 41:7 (cf. Ges§ 29, 3 b); pass. cstr. הֲלוּמֵי Is 28:1;—smite (with hammer), sq. acc. pers. Ju 5:26 (fatally; ‖ מָחַק, מָחַץ); also fig. of correction, discipline ψ 141:5 (‖ הוֹכִיחַ); of intoxicating wine גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה בַּעֲלֵי גוֹיִם הָֽלְמוּ שְׂרוּקֶּיהָ Is 16:8 the vine of Sibma, its choice branches smote down lords of nations (so Hi De Che Brd Di al., RVm; lords subj. according to Ges Ew al. AV RV); also הֲלוּמֵי יַיִן smitten down by wine Is 28:1; cf. further Pr 23:35; sq. acc. rei ה֫וֹלֶם־פָּ֑עַם Is 41:7 one striking an anvil; smite down, or strike off ψ 74:6 (obj. פִּתּוּחִים carved work); also abs. of horses’ hoofs Ju 5:22.—On וַהֲלֹם 1 S 14:16 v. הֲלֹם.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they (2); \[one who\] strikes (1); \[those\] struck down (1).

## In the verses

[Judges 5:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.22/#tree)

אָ֥ז הָלְמ֖וּ עִקְּבֵי־ס֑וּס מִֽדַּהֲר֖וֹת דַּהֲר֥וֹת אַבִּירָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* then they.struck \[the\].heels of.horse\[s\] from.\[the\] galloping the.galloping of his.mighty.\[horses\]

*JPS 1917:* Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.

[Psalms 74:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.6/#tree)

וְ֭עַתָּה פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* and now engravings its altogether with axe\[s\] and crowbars they struck

*JPS 1917:* And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1986/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).