שׁוּנַמִּית
Shûwnammîyth · shoo-nam-meeth'
a Shunammitess, or female inhabitant of Shunem
Lexicon
Derivation: patrial from H7766 (שׁוּנֵם);
a Shunammitess, or female inhabitant of Shunem
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shunamite.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוּנַמִּית 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the shunammite4 · 50%
- this shunammite2 · 25%
- a shunammite1 · 13%
- shunammite1 · 13%
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.