קֶמַח
qemach · keh'-makh
flour
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to grind;
flour
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flour, meal.
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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect
What comes behind, the returning cycle of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֶמַח 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- meal5 · 36%
- of meal4 · 29%
- of flour2 · 14%
- flour1 · 7%
- and flour1 · 7%
- no meal1 · 7%
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.