בְּרַם
bᵉram · ber-am'
properly, highly, i.e. surely; but used adversatively, however
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) perhaps from H7313 (רוּם) with a prepositional prefix;
properly, highly, i.e. surely; but used adversatively, however
- properly, highly, i.e. surely
- but used adversatively, however
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: but, nevertheless, yet.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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 head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The house, what is within of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּרַם 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- but2 · 40%
- nevertheless1 · 20%
- it; yet1 · 20%
- yet1 · 20%
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.