עׇרְמָה
ʻormâh · or-maw'
trickery; or (in a good sense) discretion
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H6193 (עֹרֶם);
trickery; or (in a good sense) discretion
- trickery
- or (in a good sense) discretion
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: guile, prudence, subtilty, wilily, wisdom.
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
- 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 › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עׇרְמָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- him with guile1 · 20%
- wilily1 · 20%
- subtilty1 · 20%
- wisdom1 · 20%
- with prudence1 · 20%
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.