אָשַׁם
ʼâsham · aw-sham'
to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
Lexicon
Derivation: or אָשֵׁם; a primitive root;
to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
- to be guilty
- by implication, to be punished or perish
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, [idiom] greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָשַׁם 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
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and is guilty2 · 7%
- of it, then he shall be guilty2 · 7%
- and are guilty1 · 4%
- and be guilty1 · 4%
- and guilty1 · 4%
- and it shall be, when he shall be guilty1 · 4%
- it not, yet is he guilty1 · 4%
- he hath certainly1 · 4%
- trespassed1 · 4%
- be guilty1 · 4%
- it unto him against whom he hath trespassed1 · 4%
- that ye should be guilty1 · 4%
- them that they trespass1 · 4%
- and ye shall not trespass1 · 4%
- destroy1 · 4%
- shall be desolate1 · 4%
- in him shall be desolate1 · 4%
- thee, and thou be found guilty1 · 4%
- therein are desolate1 · 4%
- him shall offend1 · 4%
- we offend1 · 4%
- and made desolate1 · 4%
- thou art become guilty1 · 4%
- and hath greatly1 · 4%
- offended1 · 4%
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.