דָּחַף
dâchaph · daw-khaf'
to urge, i.e. hasten
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to urge, i.e. hasten
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be) haste(-ned), pressed on.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to separate and protect › to speak, the word
The doorway, the way in that works to separate and protect that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּחַף 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 · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from thence; yea, himself hasted1 · 25%
- being hastened1 · 25%
- hasted1 · 25%
- and pressed on1 · 25%
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.