עָמַר
ʻâmar · aw-mar'
to gather grain
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, apparently to heap; figuratively, to chastise (as if piling blows); specifically (as denominative from H6016 (עֹמֶר))
to gather grain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bind sheaves, make merchandise of.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָמַר 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou shalt not make merchandise1 · 33%
- and maketh merchandise1 · 33%
- nor he that bindeth sheaves1 · 33%
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.