עֵילָם
ʻÊylâm · ay-lawm'
Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956 (עָלַם); hidden, i.e. distant;
Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
- Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country
- also, of six Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Elam.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 see and know › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵילָם 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of elam12 · 43%
- elam6 · 21%
- and elam3 · 11%
- and from elam1 · 4%
- o elam1 · 4%
- against elam1 · 4%
- and upon elam1 · 4%
- for i will cause elam1 · 4%
- in elam1 · 4%
- there is elam1 · 4%
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.