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Khalom (חלום) means dream in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

חֲלוֹם
khalom
noun · masculine
In English

dream

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ח

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Khalom.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    לשון המקראמראות ומאורעות דמיוניים שאדם רואה בשנתו.
    וַיַּחַלְמוּ חֲלוֹם שְׁנֵיהֶם, אִישׁ חֲלֹמוֹ בְּלַיְלָה אֶחָד, אִישׁ כְּפִתְרוֹן חֲלֹמוֹ; הַמַּשְׁקֶה וְהָאֹפֶה אֲשֶׁר לְמֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם, אֲשֶׁר אֲסוּרִים בְּבֵית הַסֹּהַר.
  2. 2
    בהשאלהמושא לשאיפותיו של מישהו.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Khalom is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
חֲלוֹם
Written without vowel points
חלום
Said
khalom
Root
ח־ל־מ
Pattern
קְטוֹל
Plural
חֲלוֹמוֹת
Inflections
ר' חֲלוֹמוֹת; חֲלוֹם־, ר' חֲלוֹמוֹת־
Gematria
84

This is how Khalom is said in other languages.

English
dream
Arabic
حلم
Russian
сон
French
songe, rêve
Spanish
sueño
German
Traum
Yiddish
חלום

These words mean nearly the same as Khalom.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words mean the opposite of Khalom.

These words rhyme with Khalom.

The word Khalom is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • חלום בהקיץ
  • חלום בלהות
  • חלום רטוב
  • חלום כחול
  • חלומות פז
  • לוכד חלומות
  • נסיך החלומות

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

This is where the word Khalom comes from.

מן המקרא. השורש ח־ל־ם בהוראה זו קיים בשפות שמיות נוספות - אוגריתית (חלם), סורית וארמית: חָלִם, ערבית: حَلَمَ, געז: ሐለመ (חלם).

These words come before and after Khalom in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Khalom.

What does Khalom (⁨חלום⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Khalom (⁨חלום⁩) means dream. It is said khalom, with the stress on lom.

What is a synonym for Khalom (⁨חלום⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Khalom (⁨חלום⁩) are ⁨הזיה⁩, ⁨חזון לילה⁩, ⁨חיזיון לילה⁩, and ⁨משאת לב⁩.

What is the opposite of Khalom (⁨חלום⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Khalom (⁨חלום⁩) are ⁨מציאות⁩.

What rhymes with Khalom (⁨חלום⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Khalom (⁨חלום⁩) include ⁨מקום⁩, ⁨אטום⁩, ⁨אדום⁩, ⁨יום⁩, ⁨חום⁩, and ⁨דרום⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חלום of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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