cha.lam denotes experiencing a dream, whether it is recounted, interpreted, or used to picture an unreal waking expectation.

The verb denotes the experience of a dream: people report dreams with pictured events, seek their interpretation, and remember them; it also appears in comparisons where what is dreamed vanishes on waking.

1. Experiencing a dream · dominant

   The Qal forms describe persons having dreams whose content is then reported or considered. In Genesis 40:5 the APB renders that two prisoners “dreamed a dream” in one night, each connected with an interpretation; in Genesis 28:12 it renders a dream in which a ladder is seen. The same experience supplies a comparison in Isaiah 29:8, where the hungry or thirsty dreams of eating or drinking but awakens unsatisfied.

   Genesis 28:12Genesis 40:5Genesis 40:8Genesis 41:15Isaiah 29:8Judges 7:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB commonly uses “dreamed” or “dreams” and presents dream content, recounting, and interpretation. Because it is a whole-verse translation, those English forms confirm the verse-level presentation without fixing a separate English equivalent for every form.