כַּרְמְלִי
Karmᵉlîy · kar-mel-ee'
a Karmelite or inhabitant of Karmel (the town)
Lexicon
Derivation: patron from H3760 (כַּרְמֶל);
a Karmelite or inhabitant of Karmel (the town)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Carmelite.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
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 hand that works
The open hand that covers of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כַּרְמְלִי 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the carmelite5 · 100%
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.