Someone descended from Nehel(?), first mentioned at Jer.29.24 § Nehelamite = "he of the dream" the designation of a false prophet Shemaiah taken into captivity to Babylon; name is formed from his native place or his progenitor
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H5161 — נֶחֱלָמִי
ne.che.la.mi · Nehelam · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
Jeremiah 29:24 · הַנֶּחֱלָמִ֖י‘And unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou dost speak, saying,Jeremiah 29:31 · הַנֶּחֱלָמִ֑י‘Send unto all the removal, saying, Thus said Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah prophesied to you, and I—I have not sent him, and he doth cause you to trust on falsehood,Jeremiah 29:32 · הַנֶּחֱלָמִי֮Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am seeing after Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and after his seed, he hath none dwelling in the midst of this people, nor doth he look on the good that I am doing to My people—an affirmation of Jehovah—for apostasy he hath spoken against Jehovah.’