מִרְיָם
Miryâm · meer-yawm'
Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4805 (מְרִי); rebelliously;
Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Miriam.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִרְיָם 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and miriam9 · 60%
- and unto miriam1 · 7%
- and, behold, miriam1 · 7%
- upon miriam1 · 7%
- not till miriam1 · 7%
- unto miriam1 · 7%
- miriam1 · 7%
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.