חָרִם
Chârim · khaw-reem'
Charim, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2763 (חָרַם); snub-nosed;
Charim, 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: Harim.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 separate and protect › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרִם 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of harim8 · 73%
- harim2 · 18%
- to harim1 · 9%
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.