תָּמַהּ
tâmahh · taw-mah'
to be in consternation
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be in consternation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be amazed, be astonished, marvel(-lously), wonder.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תָּמַהּ 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- marvelled1 · 11%
- and are astonished1 · 11%
- it, and so they marvelled1 · 11%
- marvel1 · 11%
- they shall be amazed1 · 11%
- yourselves, and wonder1 · 11%
- shall wonder1 · 11%
- and wonder1 · 11%
- marvellously1 · 11%
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.