בִּלְהָה
Bilhâh · bil-haw'
Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1089 (בָּלַהּ); timid;
Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
- Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines
- also, of 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: Bilhah.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- 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 house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּלְהָה 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bilhah4 · 36%
- bilhah2 · 18%
- and bilhah2 · 18%
- him bilhah1 · 9%
- with bilhah1 · 9%
- and at bilhah1 · 9%
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.