כְּנֵמָא
kᵉnêmâʼ · ken-ay-maw'
so or thus
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3644 (כְּמוֹ);
so or thus
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: so, (in) this manner (sort), thus.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the seed, life continuing › water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader
The open hand that covers of the seed, life continuing of water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּנֵמָא 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in this sort1 · 20%
- we unto them after this manner1 · 20%
- unto them thus1 · 20%
- and thus1 · 20%
- so1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra5
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.