חַמָּה
chammâh · kham-maw'
heat; by implication, the sun
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2525 (חָם);
heat; by implication, the sun
- heat
- by implication, the sun
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heat, sun.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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 separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חַמָּה 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the sun2 · 33%
- without the sun1 · 17%
- from the heat1 · 17%
- as the sun1 · 17%
- and the sun1 · 17%
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.