Nehelam
נֶחֱלָמִיStrong’s H5161nechelami (ne-che-la-mi)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nechelami is the Hebrew word usually translated “nehelamite”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,”
Meaning
- Someone descended from Nehel(?), first mentioned at Jer.29.24
How it's translated
- the nehelamite 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 29:31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
- Jeremiah 29:32Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
נֶחֱלָמִי nechelami · Nehelam
Someone descended from Nehel(?), first mentioned at Jer.29.24 § Nehelamite = "he of the dream" the designation of a false prophet Shemaiah taken into captivity to Babylon; name is formed from his native place or his progenitor
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.