כָּלַם
kâlam · kaw-lawm'
properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
- properly, to wound
- but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּלַם 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
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and confounded4 · 13%
- ashamed3 · 9%
- and put to shame2 · 6%
- they blush2 · 6%
- should she not be ashamed1 · 3%
- that might put them to shame1 · 3%
- and reproach1 · 3%
- had done him shame1 · 3%
- which were with us, we hurt1 · 3%
- unto us, and we were not hurt1 · 3%
- being ashamed1 · 3%
- were ashamed1 · 3%
- and blush1 · 3%
- shall no man make thee ashamed1 · 3%
- have ye reproached1 · 3%
- and put us to shame1 · 3%
- thee be confounded1 · 3%
- and put to confusion1 · 3%
- hath put thee to shame1 · 3%
- men shameth1 · 3%
- and also confounded1 · 3%
- nor confounded1 · 3%
- me; therefore shall i not be confounded1 · 3%
- neither be thou confounded1 · 3%
- to be ashamed1 · 3%
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.