H2492a H2492a
to be healthy, strong; to become strong or restore to health
This verb means to be or become healthy and strong. It appears in Job 39:4, describing wild animals' young that grow strong in the open field, and in Isaiah 38:16, where Hezekiah asks God to restore him to health. The root is common in cognate languages (Aramaic, Syriac) with the sense of healing and strengthening. The Hiphil form in Isaiah carries the causative sense: 'make me healthy, restore me to health.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — To be or become healthy and strong. Job 39:4 uses the Qal imperfect: 'Their young ones become strong (or healthy), they grow up in the open field.' Isaiah 38:16 employs the Hiphil: 'restore me to health and make me live,' parallel to 'make me live.' The multilingual glosses sometimes confuse this with חלם 'to dream' (French 'rêver'), but the context clearly supports health and strength. Spanish 'Se fortalecen' (they become strong) and 'me sanarás' (you will heal me) accurately capture the meaning. 2×
AR["فَتُشْفِينِي", "يَقْوَى"]·ben["এবং-সুস্থ-কর-আমাকে", "শক্তিশালী-হয়"]·DE["[ותחלימני]", "[יחלמו]"]·EN["and-make-me-live", "become-strong"]·FR["[ותחלימני]", "rêver"]·heb["ו-תחלימני", "יחלמו"]·HI["और-चंगा-कर-मुझे", "बलवान-होते-हैं"]·ID["Menjadi kuat", "dan-pulihkanlah-aku"]·IT["[ותחלימני]", "become-forte"]·jav["Seger", "lan-nguripaken-kawula-priksa"]·KO["강해진다", "그리고-회복시키소서-나를"]·PT["Crescem", "e-restaurar-me-ás"]·RU["и-исцелишь-меня", "крепнут"]·ES["Se-fortalecen", "y-me-sanarás"]·SW["na-utaniponya", "wanakuwa-na-nguvu"]·TR["Güçlenirler", "ve-iyilestir-beni"]·urd["اور-شفا-دے-مجھے", "مضبوط-ہوتے-ہیں"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. [חָלַם] vb. be healthy, strong (NH id.; Aramaic ܚܠܰܡ Ethp. be made healthy, strong Aph. causat., also deriv.; חֲלַם press firmly together)— Qal Impf. יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם Jb 39:4 their young are healthy. Hiph. Impf. 2 ms. וְתַחֲלִימֵנִי Is 38:16 and restore me to health (‖ וִהַחֲיֵ֫ינִי).