יְקוּם
yᵉqûwm · yek-oom'
properly, standing (extant), i.e. by implication, a living thing
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6965 (קוּם);
properly, standing (extant), i.e. by implication, a living thing
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (living) substance.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְקוּם 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 · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- living substance1 · 33%
- and every living substance1 · 33%
- and all the substance1 · 33%
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.