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Genesis 37:5

וַ יַּחֲלֹם יֹוסֵף חֲלֹום וַ יַּגֵּד לְ אֶחָיו וַ יֹּוסִפוּ עֹוד שְׂנֹא אֹתֹו

And He-Adds is bonding1166 a bonded-one, and he is exposing to his brothers, and they are adding again to hate אֶת-him.


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A “Dream” is A Bonded one

Strong’s #2492, chalam. A primitive root; properly, to healthy, strong, fat, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense) to dream. What relationship does healthy have with dreaming? It is speculative. Gesenius writes, “because, it is said, fatness of the body inclines to sleep and dreams…”

A song of the Steps, in I am’s turning-back the captive of the Signpost [Zion], we have become as healthy ones[chalomim].” Psalm 126:1 RBT