שִׁקְמָה
shiqmâh · shik-maw'
a sycamore (usually the tree)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) שִׁקְמָה; of uncertain derivation;
a sycamore (usually the tree)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sycamore (fruit, tree).
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around 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)
to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁקְמָה 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- he as the sycomore trees2 · 29%
- he to be as the sycomore trees1 · 14%
- and the sycomore trees1 · 14%
- and their sycomore trees1 · 14%
- the sycomores1 · 14%
- of sycomore fruit1 · 14%
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.