יְרַחְמְאֵל
Yᵉrachmᵉʼêl · yer-akh-meh-ale'
Jerachmeel, the name of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7355 (רָחַם) and H410 (אֵל); God will compassionate;
Jerachmeel, 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: Jerahmeel.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
The hand that works of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְרַחְמְאֵל 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jerahmeel4 · 50%
- jerahmeel2 · 25%
- unto him; jerahmeel1 · 13%
- was jerahmeel1 · 13%
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.