סַם
çam · sam
an aroma
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to smell sweet;
an aroma
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sweet (spice).
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- 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)
to support and uphold › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To support and uphold of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סַם 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the sweet3 · 18%
- and sweet2 · 12%
- and for the sweet2 · 12%
- of sweet2 · 12%
- and for sweet1 · 6%
- thereon sweet1 · 6%
- unto thee sweet spices1 · 6%
- these sweet1 · 6%
- spices1 · 6%
- of sweet spices1 · 6%
- sweet1 · 6%
- him sweet1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.