כֶּתֶם
kethem · keh'-them
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3799 (כָּתַם);
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
- properly, something carved out, i.e. ore
- hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 › the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֶּתֶם 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with the gold1 · 11%
- gold1 · 11%
- to the fine gold1 · 11%
- in gold1 · 11%
- of fine gold1 · 11%
- is as the most1 · 11%
- than the golden wedge1 · 11%
- fine gold1 · 11%
- with fine gold1 · 11%
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.