Strong's H5161 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: נֶחֱלָמִי (Nechĕlâmîy)

Pronunciation: nekh-el-aw-mee'

POS: nekh-el-aw-mee' Morph: a

Exegesis: apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of ); dreamed;

Definition: apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of חָלַם); dreamed; a Nechelamite, or descendant of Nechlam; Nehelamite.

KJV Usage: Nehelamite.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Nehelamite = "he of the dream"
• 2. 1) the designation of a false prophet Shemaiah taken into captivity to Babylon; name is formed from his native place or his progenitor

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