יִצְהָר
yitshâr · yits-hawr'
oil (as producing light); figuratively, anointing
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6671 (צָהַר);
oil (as producing light); figuratively, anointing
- oil (as producing light)
- figuratively, anointing
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] anointed oil.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to pursue the straight path › to reveal, behold › the head, the highest
The hand that works that works to pursue the straight path that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִצְהָר 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and oil5 · 22%
- and the oil5 · 22%
- and thine oil2 · 9%
- and of thine oil2 · 9%
- of the oil1 · 4%
- or of thy oil1 · 4%
- or oil1 · 4%
- of oil1 · 4%
- and of oil1 · 4%
- and for oil1 · 4%
- the oil1 · 4%
- and upon the oil1 · 4%
- anointed1 · 4%
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.