לֹא עַמִּי
Lôʼ ʻAmmîy · lo am-mee'
Lo-Ammi, the symbolic name of a son of Hosea
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3808 (לֹא) and H5971 (עַם) with pronominal suffix; not my people;
Lo-Ammi, the symbolic name of a son of Hosea
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Lo-ammi.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works
Authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֹא עַמִּי 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- loammi1 · 50%
- upon her that had not obtained mercy1 · 50%
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.