בַּחֻרִים
Bachurîym · bakh-oo-reem'
Bachurim, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or בַּחוּרִים; masculine plural of H970 (בָּחוּר); young men;
Bachurim, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bahurim.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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)
the house, what is within › to separate and protect › the head, the highest › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The house, what is within that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּחֻרִים 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- her to bahurim1 · 20%
- to bahurim1 · 20%
- in bahurim1 · 20%
- which was of bahurim1 · 20%
- of bahurim1 · 20%
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.