כְּלִמָּה
kᵉlimmâh · kel-im-maw'
disgrace
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3637 (כָּלַם);
disgrace
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: confusion, dishonour, reproach, 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
- 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 open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּלִמָּה 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
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- their shame6 · 20%
- shame3 · 10%
- and dishonour2 · 7%
- thine own shame2 · 7%
- the shame2 · 7%
- of my reproach1 · 3%
- into shame1 · 3%
- my confusion1 · 3%
- and my dishonour1 · 3%
- with shame1 · 3%
- and shame1 · 3%
- your confusion1 · 3%
- to confusion1 · 3%
- from shame1 · 3%
- and for confusion1 · 3%
- and our confusion1 · 3%
- confusion1 · 3%
- thy shame1 · 3%
- of thy shame1 · 3%
- in thee the shame1 · 3%
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.