לֹא רֻחָמָה
Lôʼ Ruchâmâh · lo roo-khaw-maw'
Lo-Ruchamah, the symbolic name of a son of Hosea
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3808 (לֹא) and H7355 (רָחַם); not pitied;
Lo-Ruchamah, 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-ruhamah.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
Authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֹא רֻחָמָה 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- loruhamah2 · 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.