יִמְנָה
Yimnâh · yim-naw'
Jimnah, the name of two Israelites; also (with the article) of the posterity of one of them
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3231 (יָמַן); prosperity (as betokened by the right hand);
Jimnah, the name of two Israelites; also (with the article) of the posterity of one of them
- Jimnah, the name of two Israelites
- also, (with the article) of the posterity of one of them
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Imna, Imnah, Jimnah, Jimnites.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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)
the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִמְנָה 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 · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- jimnah1 · 20%
- of jimna1 · 20%
- of the jimnites1 · 20%
- imnah1 · 20%
- of imnah1 · 20%
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.