יוֹתָם
Yôwthâm · yo-thawm'
Jotham, the name of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H8535 (תָּם); Jehovah (is) perfect;
Jotham, the name of three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jotham.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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)
the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹתָם 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jotham8 · 33%
- of jotham8 · 33%
- jotham4 · 17%
- notwithstanding yet jotham1 · 4%
- it to jotham1 · 4%
- began jotham1 · 4%
- so jotham1 · 4%
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.