halom · here, hither

What it means

halom (הֲלֹם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “here, hither”.

Here, to this place; this far.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Points to where the speaker is, or how far one has come.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• here ×9
• this far ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Judges×2
• Ruth×1
• 1 Samuel×3
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×1

• Genesis 16:13

  So she called the name of YHWH, who was speaking to her, “You are El Roi,” for she said, “Have I really seen here after the one who sees me?”

• Exodus 3:5

  He said, “Do not come near here. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

• Judges 18:3

  They were near the house of Micah, and they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned aside there and said to him, “Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what is there for you here?”

• Judges 20:7

  Look, all of you, sons of Israel, give here your word and counsel.”

• Ruth 2:14

  At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here and eat some of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he handed her roasted grain; she ate, was satisfied, and had some left over.

• 1 Samuel 10:22

  So they asked YHWH again, “Has the man come here yet?” And YHWH said, “Look, he is hiding among the baggage.”

• 1 Samuel 14:36

  Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder among them until the light of the morning, and let us not leave a man of them.” They said, “Do all that is good in your eyes.” And the priest said, “Let us draw near here to Elohim.”

• 1 Samuel 14:38

  Saul said, “Come near here, all the principal men of the people, and know and see in what this sin has been today.

• 2 Samuel 7:18

  Then King David went in and sat before YHWH and said, “Who am I, Adonai YHWH, and who is my house, that you have brought me this far?

• 1 Chronicles 17:16

  Then King David went in and sat before YHWH and said, “Who am I, YHWH Elohim, and who is my house, that you have brought me this far?

• Psalms 73:10

  Therefore his people turn here, and waters in abundance are drained by them.