נֶזֶם
nezem · neh'-zem
a nose-ring
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain meaning;
a nose-ring
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: earring, jewel.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- 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 cut, to sustain › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The seed, life continuing that works to cut, to sustain of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֶזֶם 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- earrings4 · 24%
- the earring2 · 12%
- the earrings2 · 12%
- earring1 · 6%
- and all their earrings1 · 6%
- and earrings1 · 6%
- an earring1 · 6%
- as a jewel1 · 6%
- as an earring1 · 6%
- jewels1 · 6%
- a jewel1 · 6%
- herself with her earrings1 · 6%
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.