כַּרְמֶל
karmel · kar-mel'
a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3754 (כֶּרֶם);
a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce
- a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park)
- by implication, garden produce
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: full (green) ears (of corn), fruitful field (place), plentiful (field).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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 open hand that covers › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads
The open hand that covers of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כַּרְמֶל 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the fruitful field2 · 15%
- out of full ears1 · 8%
- nor green ears1 · 8%
- and full ears of corn1 · 8%
- and of his fruitful field1 · 8%
- out of the plentiful field1 · 8%
- into a fruitful field1 · 8%
- be a fruitful field1 · 8%
- in the fruitful field1 · 8%
- you into a plentiful1 · 8%
- and, lo, the fruitful place1 · 8%
- from the plentiful field1 · 8%
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.