הֲלֹם
ha.lom
here
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word H1988, הֲלֹם, primarily means "here." It functions as a locative adverb, indicating a physical presence or location. The word is used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. The word הֲלֹם is often used in contexts where a speaker or writer is drawing attention to a specific place or environment. It can be translated as "here" in the sense of "at this location" or "in this present moment." Its usage is straightforward and literal, providing information about the spatial or temporal setting of a scene. In terms of significance, הֲלֹם helps readers visualize and orient themselves within the narrative or descriptive context. Its repeated use emphasizes the importance of place, presence, or immediacy in the text, drawing the reader's attention to the physical world or the moment at hand.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences across the text
Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
Genesis 16:13She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees,” for she said, “Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?”
Exodus 3:5He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
Judges 18:3When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”
Judges 20:7Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”
Ruth 2:14At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it.
1 Samuel 10:22Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, “Is there yet a man to come here?” Yahweh answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
1 Samuel 14:16The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.
1 Samuel 14:36Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines by night, and take plunder among them until the morning light, and let’s not leave a man of them.” They said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” Then the priest said, “Let’s draw near here to God.”
1 Samuel 14:38Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been today.
2 Samuel 7:18Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
1 Chronicles 17:16Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?