הָלַם (hālam) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning strike. It appears
9 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1986).
Also rendered
to smite
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 502)
Range of meaning (TWOT 502)strike, hammer, strike down; stamp, conquer, disband; beat, break, overcome, smite
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
הָלַםverb: strike, hammer, strike down
strike, hammer, strike down
Strong's H1986הָלַם: to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband KJV:beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.