פֻּם
pum · poom
the mouth (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) probably for H6310 (פֶּה);
the mouth (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mouth.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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 speak, the word › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To speak, the word of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֻּם 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and a mouth2 · 33%
- mouth1 · 17%
- the mouth1 · 17%
- mouths1 · 17%
- in the mouth1 · 17%
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.