חָרוּל
chârûwl · khaw-rool'
properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) חָרֻל; apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly;
properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: nettle.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרוּל 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- under the nettles1 · 33%
- and nettles1 · 33%
- of nettles1 · 33%
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.