Nehelamite
Nehelamite
(Heb. Nechelami’, , with the art.; Sept. v.r. , , , an appellation of a man named Shemaiah, a false prophet, who went with the captives to Babylon (Jer 29:24; Jer 29:31-32). The name is no doubt formed from that either of Shemaiah’s native place or the progenitor of his family; which of the two is uncertain. SEE SHIEMAIAH. No place called Nehelam is mentioned in the Bible, or known to have existed in Palestine, nor does it occur in any of the genealogical lists of families. It resembles the name which the Sept. has attached to Ahijah the prophet, namely, the Enlamite- ; but by what authority they substitute that name for “the Shilonite” of the Hebrew text is doubtful. The word “Nehelamite” also probably contains a play on the ” dreams” (chakam) and ” dreamers,” whom Jeremiah is never wearied of denouncing (see chapters 23, 27, 29). Furst, however, thinks (Heb. Lex. s.v.) that there is an allusion to the failure of an inheritance (), as threatened. The Targum gives the name as Chelam, . A place of this name, SEE HELAM, lay somewhere between the Jordan and the Euphrates.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Nehelamite
the name given to a false prophet Shemaiah, who went with the captives to Babylon (Jer. 29:24, 31, 32). The origin of the name is unknown. It is rendered in the marg, “dreamer.”
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Nehelamite
A title from the father or the country, Shemaiah (Jer 29:24; Jer 29:31-32). Halam means a “dream”; Jeremiah glances at the “dreamer” scornfully (Jer 29:8).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Nehelamite
NEHELAMITE.An epithet applied to Shemaiah, a false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer 29:24; Jer 29:31-32). According to analogy the word should mean an inhabitant of Nehelam. but there is no place of that name mentioned in the Bible.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Nehelamite
Perhaps a Nehelamite was a native or inhabitant of Nahallal, which is spoken of Jos 19:15. Nehalmi, signifies dreamer; so that it is probable that Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, spoken of by Jeremiah, might mean the dreamer. (Jer 29:24)
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Nehelamite
[Nehela’mite]
Designation of Shemaiah the false prophet. Jer 29:24; Jer 29:31-32. Its signification is unknown. In the margin it is ‘dreamer.’