אוּלָם
ʼûwlâm · oo-lawm'
a vestibule (as bound to the building)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened), אֻלָם ; from H481 (אָלַם) (in the sense of tying);
a vestibule (as bound to the building)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: porch.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אוּלָם 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
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the porch10 · 29%
- and the porch4 · 12%
- the porch4 · 12%
- a porch2 · 6%
- in the porch2 · 6%
- between the porch2 · 6%
- even the porch1 · 3%
- to wife, like unto this porch1 · 3%
- and for the porch1 · 3%
- they to the porch1 · 3%
- also the porch1 · 3%
- he the porch1 · 3%
- and in the porch1 · 3%
- which was at the porch1 · 3%
- me to the porch1 · 3%
- and the porches1 · 3%
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.