בׇּשְׂמַת
Bosmath · bos-math'
Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H1314 (בֶּשֶׂם) (the second form); fragrance;
Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bashemath, Basmath.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign
The house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בׇּשְׂמַת 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and bashemath3 · 43%
- of bashemath3 · 43%
- basmath1 · 14%
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.