אֳנִי
ʼŏnîy · on-ee'
-a ship or (collectively) a fleet
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H579 (אָנָה) (in the sense of conveyance);
-a ship or (collectively) a fleet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: galley, navy (of ships).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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 › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֳנִי 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a navy of ships1 · 14%
- in the navy1 · 14%
- and the navy1 · 14%
- a navy1 · 14%
- with the navy1 · 14%
- the navy1 · 14%
- galley1 · 14%
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.