קָמָה
qâmâh · kuw-maw'
something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of active participle of H6965 (קוּם);
something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (standing) corn, grown up, stalk.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָמָה 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- into the standing corn2 · 20%
- it be grown up2 · 20%
- or the standing corn1 · 10%
- to the corn1 · 10%
- standing corn1 · 10%
- and also the standing corn1 · 10%
- the corn1 · 10%
- it hath no stalk1 · 10%
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.