אַשְׁמָה
ʼashmâh · ash-maw'
guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of asin-offering
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H817 (אָשָׁם);
guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of 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: offend, sin, (cause of) trespass(-ing, offering).
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
- 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)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַשְׁמָה 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- trespass2 · 11%
- according to the sin1 · 5%
- of his trespass offering1 · 5%
- in trespassing1 · 5%
- of trespass1 · 5%
- this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass1 · 5%
- for this their trespass1 · 5%
- with you, sins1 · 5%
- hither: for whereas we have offended1 · 5%
- and to our trespass1 · 5%
- for our trespass1 · 5%
- trespassed1 · 5%
- and our trespass1 · 5%
- thee in our trespasses1 · 5%
- the trespass1 · 5%
- for their trespass1 · 5%
- and my sins1 · 5%
- by the sin1 · 5%
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.