גָּרַם
gâram · gaw-ram'
(causative) to bone, i.e. denude (by extensive, craunch) the bones
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; to be spare or skeleton-like; used only as a denominative from H1634 (גֶּרֶם);
(causative) to bone, i.e. denude (by extensive, craunch) the bones
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gnaw the bones, break.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- 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)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּרַם 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 · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and shall break1 · 33%
- and thou shalt break1 · 33%
- they gnaw not the bones1 · 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.