זְמוֹרָה
zᵉmôwrâh · zem-o-raw'
a twig (as pruned)
Lexicon
Derivation: or זְמֹרָה (feminine); and זְמֹר (masculine); from H2168 (זָמַר);
a twig (as pruned)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: vine, branch, slip.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To cut, to sustain of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זְמוֹרָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from thence a branch1 · 20%
- slips1 · 20%
- the branch1 · 20%
- or than a branch1 · 20%
- their vine branches1 · 20%
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.