בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם
Bêyth hak-Kerem · bayth hak-keh'-rem
Beth-hak-Kerem, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H3754 (כֶּרֶם) with the article interposed; house of the vineyard;
Beth-hak-Kerem, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Beth-haccerem.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold › the open hand that covers › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold of the open hand that covers of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bethhaccerem1 · 50%
- of fire in bethhaccerem1 · 50%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.