רָמַם
râmam · raw-mam'
to rise (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rise (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: exalt, get (oneself) up, lift up (self), mount up.
Letters
- 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
- 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)
the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָמַם 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.
- get you up1 · 14%
- they are exalted1 · 14%
- is exalted1 · 14%
- now will i be exalted1 · 14%
- were lifted up1 · 14%
- these lifted up1 · 14%
- and mounted up1 · 14%
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.