יְפֻנֶּה
Yᵉphunneh · yef-oon-neh'
Jephunneh, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6437 (פָּנָה); he will be prepared;
Jephunneh, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jephunneh.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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)
the hand that works › to speak, the word › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to speak, the word of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְפֻנֶּה 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jephunneh15 · 94%
- jephunneh1 · 6%
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.