תַּלְמַי
Talmay · tal-mah'-ee
Talmai, the name of a Canaanite and a Syrian
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8525 (תֶּלֶם); ridged;
Talmai, the name of a Canaanite and a Syrian
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Talmai.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works
The mark, the covenant sign of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּלְמַי 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and talmai3 · 50%
- of talmai2 · 33%
- to talmai1 · 17%
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.