שָׁמִיר
shâmîyr · shaw-meer'
a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8104 (שָׁמַר) in the original sense of pricking;
a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
- a thorn
- also, (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: adamant (stone), brier, diamond.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁמִיר 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the briers2 · 18%
- briers1 · 9%
- it shall even be for briers1 · 9%
- shall become briers1 · 9%
- of briers1 · 9%
- and his briers1 · 9%
- and briers1 · 9%
- of a diamond1 · 9%
- as an adamant1 · 9%
- as an adamant stone1 · 9%
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.