H8066

שְׁמִינִי

shᵉmîynîy · shem-ee-nee'

eight

Lexicon

Derivation: from H8083 (שְׁמֹנֶה);

eight

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: eight.

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
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
נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
Concrete
seed · sprout · fish · offspring
Extended
life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works

To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁמִינִי 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

28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and on the eighth6 · 21%
the eighth6 · 21%
on the eighth5 · 18%
and in the eighth2 · 7%
in the eighth2 · 7%
and it came to pass on the eighth1 · 4%
them on the eighth1 · 4%
and from the eighth1 · 4%
which is the eighth1 · 4%
of the eighth1 · 4%
captain for the eighth1 · 4%
it shall be, that upon the eighth1 · 4%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י8הַשְּׁמִינִ֗י4הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י3הַשְּׁמִינִי֙3הַשְּׁמִינִ֛י2הַשְּׁמִינִ֣י2הַשְּׁמִינִ֑י2הַשְּׁמִינִֽי׃1הַשְּׁמִינִ֜י1הַשְּׁמִינִ֔ת1הַשְּׁמִינִ֡י1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.