עַלְמָה
ʻalmâh · al-maw'
a lass (as veiled or private)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H5958 (עֶלֶם);
a lass (as veiled or private)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: damsel, maid, virgin.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
To see and know of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַלְמָה 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 · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin1 · 14%
- and the maid1 · 14%
- them were the damsels1 · 14%
- with a maid1 · 14%
- therefore do the virgins1 · 14%
- and virgins1 · 14%
- behold, a virgin1 · 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.