זַרְחִי
Zarchîy · zar-khee'
a Zarchite or descendant of Zerach
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymically from H2226 (זֶרַח);
a Zarchite or descendant of Zerach
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zarchite.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › to separate and protect › the hand that works
To cut, to sustain of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זַרְחִי 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the zarhites6 · 100%
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.