חֵילָם

Strong’s Definition

Chelam, a place East of Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

or חֵלָאםxlit Chêlʼâm corrected to Chêlâʼm; from H2428 (חַיִל); fortress;

KJV Usage

Helam.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a place east of the jordan, west of the euphrates, in gilead, at which the syrians under hadarezer were defeated by david

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Chêylâm; Pronunciation: khay-lawm'