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חלום

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Hebrew

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Root
ח־ל־ם (kh-l-m)
6 terms

Compare Aramaic חֶלְמָא (ḥelmā), Arabic حُلْم (ḥulm), Amharic ሕልም (ḥəlm).

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Noun

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חֲלוֹם (khalómm (plural indefinite חֲלוֹמוֹת, singular construct חֲלוֹם־) [pattern: קְטוֹל]

  1. dream
    • a. 500 C.E., Genesis Rabbah, 17:5:
      רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בַּר יִצְחָק אָמַר: ג׳ נוֹבְלוֹת הֵן: נוֹבֶלֶת מִיתָה שֵׁינָה, נוֹבֶלֶת נְבוּאָה חֲלוֹם, נוֹבֶלֶת הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא שַׁבָּת.
      Rabbi Ḥanina bar Yitzḥak said: There are three microcosms; sleep is a microcosm of death; a dream is a microcosm of prophecy; Shabbat is a microcosm of the World to Come.
    • 2008, Boaz Banai, “Green River [נהר ירוק]”:
      קץ חלום \ צריך להיות יותר ריאלי \ כי בסוף הרחוב הזה \ רואה שאת לא מחכה לי
      End of a dream / Need to be more realistic / Because at the end of the this street / I see that you're not waiting for me.

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From Hebrew חֲלוֹם (khalóm).

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Noun

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חלום (kholemm, plural חלומות (khaloymes)

  1. dream
    Synonym: טרוים (troym)

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