קָמַט
qâmaṭ · kaw-mat'
to pluck, i.e. destroy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to pluck, i.e. destroy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cut down, fill with wrinkles.
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
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to surround and contain
What comes behind, the returning cycle of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָמַט 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and thou hast filled me with wrinkles1 · 50%
- which were cut down1 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
- Job2
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.