Strongs Number: H5161
- Hebrew Word
- נֶחֱלָמִי
- Transliteration
- Nechĕlâmîy
- Phonetic
- nekh-el-aw-mee'
- Part of Speech
- Adjective
- Strongs Definition
-
dreamed; a {Nechelamite} or descendant of Nechlam
- BDB Definition
-
Nehelamite = "he of the dream"
1. the designation of a false prophet Shemaiah taken into captivity to Babylon; name is formed from his native place or his progenitor
- Origin
- Apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of H2492)
- Bible Usage
- Nehelamite.