Original: נֶחֱלָמִי

Transliteration: Nechĕlâmîy

Phonetic: nekh-el-aw-mee'

Short Definition: Nehelamite

Original: נחלמי

Transliteration: nechĕlâmı̂y

Phonetic: nekh-el-aw-mee'

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 pass. participle of H2492)

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Adjective

Cognate: H5158, H5160