חֹר הַגִּדְגָּד
Chôr hag-Gidgâd · khore hag-ghid-gawd'
Chor-hag-Gidgad, a place in the Desert
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2356 (חוֹר) and a collateral (masculine) form of H1412 (גֻּדְגֹּדָה), with the article interposed; hole of the cleft;
Chor-hag-Gidgad, a place in the Desert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hor-hagidgad.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold › to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold that works to carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in that works to carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֹר הַגִּדְגָּד 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.
- at horhagidgad1 · 50%
- from horhagidgad1 · 50%
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.