שִׁמְעֹנִי
Shimʻônîy · shim-o-nee'
a Shimonite (collectively) or descendants of Shimon
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymically from H8095 (שִׁמְעוֹן);
a Shimonite (collectively) or descendants of Shimon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: tribe of Simeon, Simeonites.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 › to see and know › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁמְעֹנִי 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the simeonites2 · 50%
- among the simeonites1 · 25%
- of simeon1 · 25%
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.