הִנֹּם
Hinnôm · hin-nome'
Hinnom, apparently a Jebusite
Lexicon
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
Hinnom, apparently a Jebusite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hinnom.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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 reveal, behold › the seed, life continuing › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To reveal, behold of the seed, life continuing of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הִנֹּם 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of hinnom13 · 100%
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.