בְּעָלוֹת
Bᵉʻâlôwth · beh-aw-loth'
Bealoth, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: plural of H1172 (בַּעֲלָה); mistresses;
Bealoth, 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: Bealoth, in Aloth (by mistake for a plural from H5927 (עָלָה) with prepositional prefix).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
The house, what is within that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּעָלוֹת 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and bealoth1 · 50%
- and in aloth1 · 50%
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.