נַעֲמָתִי
Naʻămâthîy · nah-am-aw-thee'
a Naamathite, or inhabitant of Naamah
Lexicon
Derivation: patrial from a place corresponding in name (but not identical) with H5279 (נַעֲמָה);
a Naamathite, or inhabitant of Naamah
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Naamathite.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
The seed, life continuing that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נַעֲמָתִי 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the naamathite4 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Job4
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.