אֱלִימֶלֶךְ
ʼĔlîymelek · el-ee-meh'-lek
Elimelek, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); God of (the) king;
Elimelek, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Elimelech.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱלִימֶלֶךְ 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of elimelech2 · 33%
- was elimelech1 · 17%
- and elimelech1 · 17%
- elimelech's1 · 17%
- all that was elimelech's1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ruth6
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.