נָהַם
nâham · naw-ham'
to growl
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to growl
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mourn, roar(-ing).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- 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)
the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָהַם 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and thou mourn1 · 20%
- as a roaring1 · 20%
- yea, they shall roar1 · 20%
- they shall roar1 · 20%
- and mourn1 · 20%
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.