יָצוּעַ
yâtsûwaʻ · yaw-tsoo'-ah
spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)
Lexicon
Derivation: passive participle of H3331 (יַצַע);
spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)
- spread, i.e. a bed
- (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bed, chamber, couch.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › to see and know
The hand that works that works to pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָצוּעַ 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 · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- chambers4 · 36%
- chamber2 · 18%
- to my couch1 · 9%
- bed1 · 9%
- my bed1 · 9%
- thee upon my bed1 · 9%
- into my bed1 · 9%
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.