2431. Chelam
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Chelam: Helam

Original Word: חֵילָם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Cheylam
Pronunciation: khay-LAHM
Phonetic Spelling: (khay-lawm')
KJV: Helam
NASB: Helam
Word Origin: [from H2428 (חַיִל - army)]

1. fortress
2. Chelam, a place East of Israel

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Helam

Or Cheleam {khay-lawm'}; from chayil; fortress; Chelam, a place East of Palestine -- Helam.

see HEBREW chayil

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from chul
Definition
a place E. of the Jordan
NASB Translation
Helam (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חֵילָם proper name, of a location east of Jordan 2 Samuel 10:16 (Th their army, but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 EwGeschichte. iii. 211 Anm. 1 = H iii. 155 n. 2 We Dr) = חֵלָ֑א֯מָה 2 Samuel 10:17 (ᵐ5 Αιλαμ); + חילם Ezekiel 47:16 (ᵐ5 Ηλιαμ) Co; according to this it lay on the border between Damascus and Hamath.

Forms and Transliterations
חֵילָ֑ם חֵלָ֑אמָה חילם חלאמה cheiLam cheLamah ḥê·lā·māh ḥê·lām ḥêlām ḥêlāmāh
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Samuel 10:16
HEB: הַנָּהָ֔ר וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ חֵילָ֑ם וְשׁוֹבַ֛ךְ שַׂר־
NAS: and they came to Helam; and Shobach
KJV: and they came to Helam; and Shobach
INT: the River came to Helam and Shobach the commander

2 Samuel 10:17
HEB: הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיָּבֹ֖א חֵלָ֑אמָה וַיַּעַרְכ֤וּ אֲרָם֙
NAS: and came to Helam. And the Arameans
KJV: and came to Helam. And the Syrians
INT: the Jordan and came to Helam arrayed and the Arameans

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2431
2 Occurrences


ḥê·lām — 1 Occ.
ḥê·lā·māh — 1 Occ.

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