בָּמוֹת
Bâmôwth · baw-moth'
Bamoth or Bamoth-Baal, a place East of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: plural of H1116 (בָּמָה); heights; or (fully) בָּמוֹת בַּעַל; from the same and H1168 (בַּעַל); heights of Baal;
Bamoth or Bamoth-Baal, a place East of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bamoth, Bamoth-baal.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
The house, what is within of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּמוֹת 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.
- to bamoth1 · 25%
- and from bamoth1 · 25%
- of baal1 · 25%
- and bamothbaal1 · 25%
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.