How to Pronounce Helam
HEE-luhm
Helam is pronounced HEE-luhm (ˈhiːləm): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Helam mean?
Helam means “their army; their trouble”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Helam?
Place of abundance, a place on the east of Jordan and west of the Euphrates where David gained a great victory over the Syrian army (2 Sam. 10:16), which was under the command of Shobach. Some would identify it with Alamatta, near Nicephorium.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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