Dream חָלַם

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Mar 19, 2025 · 4m

As we are in chapter 28 of Genesis, we find our word for today also used for the first time in the Bible. חָלַם dream, become strong, restore to health. It is used 29 times in the Old Testament. A good example of our word is in Isaiah 29:8 as when a hungry person חָלַם dreams of eating, but awakens hungry still; as when a thirsty person חָלַם dreams of drinking, but awakens faint and thirsty still. So we see that it is a picture of a possible reality that is not the one a person is currently experiencing. People definitely took advantage of others by claiming that they have a vision of what…