לַחְמִי
Lachmîy · lakh-mee'
Lachmi, an Israelite; or rather probably a brief form
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3899 (לֶחֶם); foodful; (or perhaps erroneous transcription) for H1022 (בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי)
Lachmi, an Israelite; or rather probably a brief form
- Lachmi, an Israelite
- or rather probably a brief form
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Lahmi. See also H3433 (יָשֻׁבִי לֶחֶם).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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
- 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 › to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works
Authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לַחְמִי 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lahmi1 · 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.