אַדְמֹנִי
ʼadmônîy · ad-mo-nee'
reddish (of the hair or the complexion)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (fully) אַדְמוֹנִי ; from H119 (אָדַם);
reddish (of the hair or the complexion)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: red, ruddy.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַדְמֹנִי 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- red1 · 33%
- now he was ruddy1 · 33%
- and ruddy1 · 33%
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.