הֲתָךְ
Hăthâk · hath-awk'
Hathak, a Persian eunuch
Lexicon
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
Hathak, a Persian eunuch
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hatach.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › the mark, the covenant sign › the open hand that covers
To reveal, behold of the mark, the covenant sign of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הֲתָךְ 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.
- for hatach1 · 25%
- so hatach1 · 25%
- and hatach1 · 25%
- unto hatach1 · 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.