אֶמֶשׁ
ʼemesh · eh'-mesh
yesterday or last night
Lexicon
Derivation: time past, i.e.
yesterday or last night
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: former time, yesterday(-night)
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶמֶשׁ 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- yesternight1 · 20%
- unto me yesternight1 · 20%
- thee yesternight1 · 20%
- yesterday1 · 20%
- in former time1 · 20%
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.