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H2538

חָמוּל

Châmûwl · khaw-mool'

Chamul, an Israelite

Lexicon

Derivation: from H2550 (חָמַל); pitied;

Chamul, an Israelite

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Hamul.

Letters

  1. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
  2. מMem40

    Picture: waves of water

    Concrete
    water · sea · blood · liquid
    Extended
    chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
  3. וVav6

    Picture: tent peg or hook

    Concrete
    nail · peg · hook
    Extended
    to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
  4. לLamed30

    Picture: shepherd's staff or goad

    Concrete
    staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
    Extended
    authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads

To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָמוּל 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

3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • and hamul2 · 67%
  • of hamul1 · 33%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

וְחָמֽוּל׃1וְחָמֽוּל׃ ס1לְחָמ֕וּל1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance