יְקַד
yᵉqad · yek-ad'
{to burn}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3344 (יָקַד)
{to burn}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burning.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְקַד 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.
- of a burning3 · 38%
- of the burning3 · 38%
- the burning1 · 13%
- them into the burning1 · 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.