Nehelamite

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

Perhaps a Nehelamite was a native or inhabitant of Nahallal, which is spoken of  Joshua 19:15. Nehalmi, signifies dreamer; so that it is probable that Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, spoken of by Jeremiah, might mean the dreamer. ( Jeremiah 29:24)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

NEHELAMITE. An epithet applied to Shemaiah, a false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (  Jeremiah 29:24;   Jeremiah 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.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A title from the father or the country, Shemaiah ( Jeremiah 29:24;  Jeremiah 29:31-32). Ηalam means a "dream"; Jeremiah glances at the "dreamer" scornfully ( Jeremiah 29:8).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Designation of Shemaiah the false prophet.  Jeremiah 29:24,31,32 . Its signification is unknown. In the margin it is 'dreamer.'

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 29:24,31,32

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Nechelami', נֶחֵָלמַי , with the art.; Sept. Αἰλαμίτης v.r . Ε᾿Λαμίτης , Νεελαμίτης , Αἰλαμί , an appellation of a man named Shemaiah, a false prophet, who went with the captives to Babylon ( Jeremiah 29:24;  Jeremiah 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- Οε῾Νλαμεί ; 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 ( נחל ), as threatened. The Targum gives the name as Chelam, חלם . A place of this name, (See Helam), lay somewhere between the Jordan and the Euphrates.