טָחַן
ṭâchan · taw-khan'
to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)
- to grind meal
- hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: grind(-er).
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing
To surround and contain that works to separate and protect of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טָחַן 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it, and ground2 · 25%
- and grind2 · 25%
- and ground1 · 13%
- and he did grind1 · 13%
- grind1 · 13%
- themselves, and the grinders1 · 13%
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.