דָּרוֹם
dârôwm · daw-rome'
the south; poet. the south wind
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
the south; poet. the south wind
- the south
- poet. the south wind
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: south.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 doorway, the way in › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The doorway, the way in of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּרוֹם 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the south9 · 53%
- toward the south3 · 18%
- and the south2 · 12%
- by the south2 · 12%
- thy word toward the south1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.