King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1986
Transliteration: halam
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-lam')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to smite, hammer, strike down
Meaning: to strike down, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
Word Summary
halam: to smite, hammer, strike down
Original Word: הָלַםTransliteration: halam
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-lam')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to smite, hammer, strike down
Meaning: to strike down, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
Strong's Concordance
beat down, break down, overcome, smite with the hammer A primitive root; to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband -- beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1986. halam
[הָלַם] verb smite, hammer, strike down (compare Phoenician מהלם below below מַהֲלֻמוֺת); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular וְהָֽלְמָה consecutive Judges 5:26; 3plural הָֽלְמוּ 5:22; Isaiah 16:8; suffix הֲלָמוּנִי Proverbs 23:25; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יֶהֶלְמֵנִי Psalm 141:5; 3masculine plural יַהֲלֹמ֑וּן 74:6; Participle active מָּ֑עַם ה֫וֺלָם Isaiah 41:7 (compare Ges§ 29, 3 b); passive construct הֲלוּמֵי 28:1; — smite (with hammer), followed by accusative of person Judges 5:26 (fatally; "" מָחַץ מָחַק,); also figurative of correction, discipline Psalm 141:5 ("" הוֺכִּיחַ); of intoxicating, wine שְׂרוּקֶּיהָ הָֽלְמוּ גוֺיִם בַּעֲלֵי שִׂבְמָה גֶּפֶן Isaiah 16:8 the vine of Sibma, its choice branches smote down lords of nations (so Hi De Che Brd Di and others, RVm; lords subject according to Ges Ew and others AV RV); also יַיִן הֲלוּמֵי smitten down by wine 28:1; compare further Proverbs 23:35; followed by accusative of thing ה֫וֺלָםמָּֿ֑עְם Isaiah 41:7 one striking an anvil; smite down, or strike off Psalm 74:6 (object פִתּוּחִים carved work); also absolute of horse' hoofs Judges 5:22. — On וַהֲלֹם 1 Samuel 14:16 see הֲלֹם.