הֲלֹם

הֲלֹם adverb of place, hither (Arabic hither!) — 2 Mos 3,5 אַלתִּֿקְרַב הֲלֹם approach not hither, Dom 18,3; Dom 20,7; 1 Sam 10,22; 1 Sam 14,16 and lo, the camp melted away וַיֵּלֶךְ וַהֲלֹם read with ᵐ5 (ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν) Th We Dr הֲלֹם וַהֲלֹם hither and thither i.e. in different directions (compare הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה Jos 8,20), vJos 8,36 vJos 8,38; Rut 2,14 עַד הֲלֹם figurative hitherto, thus far (i.e. to this point of dignity and greatness) 2 Sam 7,18 (= 1 Kron 17,16). Sl 73,10, if text be sound, הֲלֹם must mean thither (that is, after the persons described vSl 73,3); but such sense questionable; read probably with Houb La for ישיב עמו הלם, יַשְׂבִּעֵמוֺ לָ֑חֶם satisfies them with bread: compare Che Hup^Now. 1 Mos 16,13 = here; but here also text is dubious: v Di. Dom 14,15 read הֲלֹם for הֲלֹא: see הֲ 1 end.