רַעְמְסֵס
Raʻmᵉçêç · rah-mes-ace'
Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt
Lexicon
Derivation: or רַעַמְסֵס; of Egyptian origin;
Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Raamses, Rameses.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold › to support and uphold
The head, the highest that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַעְמְסֵס 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from rameses3 · 60%
- of rameses1 · 20%
- and raamses1 · 20%
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.