H1986 - הָלַם (hâlam)

H1986 הָלַם (hâlam) haw-lam'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband

KJV Usage: beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

הָלַם (ha.lam) — to smite. (Qal) to smite, strike, hammer, strike down

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

הלם (H1986)

verb · הַלְמוּת · מַהֲלֻמֹות

Impact | verb qal | ≈ יכח

to strike, to smash = action by which humans or animals deliver a blow to an object with their hands, whether or not with the help of an instrument such as a hammer, or with their feet

JDG 5:22 · JDG 5:26 · PSA 74:6 · PSA 141:5 · PRO 23:35 · ISA 41:7

Weak | verb qal

to beat, to make numb, to overcome = causative action by which alcoholic drinks have a numbing effect on humans, comparable to being beaten by a hammer

ISA 16:8 · ISA 28:1

¹ ISA 16:8 NJB "overcome" NRSV GNT "made drunk" REB "overpower" | RSV ESV "struck down" NIV "trample" | NJPS "spread"

Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[הָלַם] vb. strike, hammer, strike down base