שְׁמַרְיָה
Shᵉmaryâh · shem-ar-yaw'
Shemarjah, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or שְׁמַרְיָהוּ; from H8104 (שָׁמַר) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has guarded;
Shemarjah, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shamariah, Shemariah.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁמַרְיָה 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.
- and shemariah2 · 50%
- and shamariah1 · 25%
- shemariah1 · 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.