חָתָה
châthâh · khaw-thaw'
to lay hold of; especially to pick up fire
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to lay hold of; especially to pick up fire
- to lay hold of
- especially to pick up fire
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heap, take (away).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָתָה 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.
- he shall take thee away1 · 25%
- take1 · 25%
- for thou shalt heap1 · 25%
- to take1 · 25%
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.