ha.lom marks a specified place or destination in scenes of coming, standing, speaking, or being brought to a place.

The attested adverb points to a specified location, whether someone is to approach it, is found there, acts there, or has been brought to it. Its use remains spatial across commands such as Exodus 3:5 and Ruth 2:14, questions in 1 Samuel 10:22 and Judges 18:3, and David’s statements of having been brought to a place in 2 Samuel 7:18 and 1 Chronicles 17:16.

1. A specified place or destination · dominant

   The adverb identifies the place involved in an action or presence. In Exodus 3:5 the APB renders a command not to approach “here”; in Ruth 2:14 it renders Boaz’s invitation, “Come here,” while 1 Samuel 10:22 and Judges 18:3 place a person at or ask why he is at a particular location. In 2 Samuel 7:18 and 1 Chronicles 17:16, David speaks of being brought to a location or point.

   Exodus 3:5Ruth 2:141 Samuel 10:22Judges 18:32 Samuel 7:181 Chronicles 17:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the spatial setting with expressions such as “here,” “this place,” and “this far.” These are renderings of the surrounding clauses rather than fixed English equivalents for the term.