יְשִׁימוֹן
yᵉshîymôwn · yesh-ee-mone'
a desolation
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3456 (יָשַׁם);
a desolation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: desert, Jeshimon, solitary, wilderness.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְשִׁימוֹן 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- jeshimon4 · 31%
- in the desert3 · 23%
- of jeshimon2 · 15%
- wilderness1 · 8%
- through the wilderness1 · 8%
- him in the desert1 · 8%
- in a solitary1 · 8%
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.