שֶׁלֶמְיָה
Shelemyâh · shel-em-yaw'
Shelemjah, the name of nine Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ; from H8002 (שֶׁלֶם) and H3050 (יָהּ); thankoffering of Jah;
Shelemjah, the name of nine Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shelemiah.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֶׁלֶמְיָה 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of shelemiah5 · 50%
- and shelemiah3 · 30%
- to shelemiah1 · 10%
- shelemiah1 · 10%
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.