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H1988 הֲלֹם (hălôm) hal-ome'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from the article (see 1973); hither

KJV Usage: here, hither(-(to)), thither

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

הֲלֹם (ha.lom) — here. here, hither

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adv

Spatial Referents

here = a reference to the location of the speaker

GEN 16:13 · EXO 3:5 · JDG 18:3 · JDG 20:7 · RUT 2:14 · 1SA 10:22 · 1SA 14:36 · 1SA 14:38 · PSA 73:10

Spatial Referents

in all directions, hither and tither = a reference to an imprecise location away from the speaker

1SA 14:16

Temporal Referents

Collocation: עַד־הַלֹם

thus far = a reference to the present as the temporary endpoint of an event begun in the past

2SA 7:18 · 1CH 17:16

1 For a discussion of problems, see Hossfeld/Senger

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

הֲלֹם adv. of place, hither base

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