דְּהַב
dᵉhab · deh-hab'
gold
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H2091 (זָהָב);
gold
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gold(-en).
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold › the house, what is within
The doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דְּהַב 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the golden8 · 35%
- of gold6 · 26%
- and gold3 · 13%
- and the gold3 · 13%
- gold2 · 9%
- let the golden1 · 4%
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.