גַּת־הַחֵפֶר
Gath-ha-Chêpher · gath-hah-khay'-fer
Gath-Chepher, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or (abridged) גִּתָּה־חֵפֶר; from H1660 (גַּת) and H2658 (חָפַר) with the article inserted; wine-press of (the) well;
Gath-Chepher, 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: Gath-kephr, Gittah-kephr.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold › to separate and protect › to speak, the word › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold that works to separate and protect that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַּת־הַחֵפֶר 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to gittahhepher1 · 50%
- which was of gathhepher1 · 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.