אָשֵׁם
ʼâshêm · aw-shame'
guilty; hence, presenting asin-offering
Lexicon
Derivation: from H816 (אָשַׁם);
guilty; hence, presenting asin-offering
- guilty
- hence, presenting asin-offering
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: one which is faulty, guilty.
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 אָשֵׁם 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- guilty1 · 33%
- as one which is faulty1 · 33%
- and being guilty1 · 33%
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.