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H5161

נֶחֱלָמִי

Nechĕlâmîy · nekh-el-aw-mee'

a Nechelamite, or descendant of Nechlam

Lexicon

Derivation: apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of H2492 (חָלַם)); dreamed;

a Nechelamite, or descendant of Nechlam

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Nehelamite.

Letters

נ
Nun
ח
Het
ל
Lamed
מ
Mem
י
Yod
  1. נNun50

    Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water

    Concrete
    seed · sprout · fish · offspring
    Extended
    life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
  2. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
  3. לLamed30

    Picture: shepherd's staff or goad

    Concrete
    staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
    Extended
    authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
  4. מMem40

    Picture: waves of water

    Concrete
    water · sea · blood · liquid
    Extended
    chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
  5. יYod10

    Picture: arm and closed hand

    Concrete
    hand · arm · work
    Extended
    a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works

The seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֶחֱלָמִי 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

3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • the nehelamite3 · 100%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הַנֶּחֱלָמִי֮1הַנֶּחֱלָמִ֑י1הַנֶּחֱלָמִ֖י1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance