יְגַר שַׂהֲדוּתָא
Yᵉgar Sahădûwthâʼ · yegar' sah-had-oo-thaw'
Jegar-Sahadutha, a cairn East of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from a word derived from an unused root (meaning to gather) and a derivation of a root corresponding to H7717 (שָׂהֵד); heap of the testimony;
Jegar-Sahadutha, a cairn East of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jegar-Sahadutha.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader
The hand that works that works to carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְגַר שַׂהֲדוּתָא 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it jegarsahadutha1 · 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.