אַמְצִי
ʼAmtsîy · am-tsee'
Amtsi, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H553 (אָמַץ); strong;
Amtsi, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Amzi.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- 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)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַמְצִי 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of amzi2 · 100%
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.