לֶמֶךְ
Lemek · leh'-mek
Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain meaning;
Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Lamech.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the open hand that covers
Authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֶמֶךְ 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lamech4 · 36%
- and lamech4 · 36%
- of lamech2 · 18%
- truly lamech1 · 9%
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.