נְחֶמְיָה
Nᵉchemyâh · nekh-em-yaw'
Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5162 (נָחַם) and H3050 (יָהּ); consolation of Jah;
Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Nehemiah.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְחֶמְיָה 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- nehemiah3 · 38%
- of nehemiah3 · 38%
- and nehemiah1 · 13%
- were, nehemiah1 · 13%
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.