עָרֵם
ʻârêm · aw-rame'
a heap; specifically, a sheaf
Lexicon
Derivation: (Jeremiah 50:26) or (feminine) עֲרֵמָה; from H6192 (עָרַם);
a heap; specifically, a sheaf
- a heap
- specifically, a sheaf
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heap (of corn), sheaf.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָרֵם 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- them by heaps2 · 18%
- of the heap of corn1 · 9%
- of the heaps1 · 9%
- the heaps1 · 9%
- concerning the heaps1 · 9%
- out of the heaps1 · 9%
- sheaves1 · 9%
- is like an heap1 · 9%
- as heaps1 · 9%
- to an heap1 · 9%
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.