יַחַת
Yachath · yakh'-ath
Jachath, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3161 (יָחַד); unity;
Jachath, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jahath.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign
The hand that works that works to separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַחַת 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 · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- jahath3 · 38%
- and jahath2 · 25%
- of jahath1 · 13%
- were, jahath1 · 13%
- of them were jahath1 · 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.