יָקוּשׁ
yâqûwsh · yaw-koosh'
properly, entangled, i.e. by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarer
Lexicon
Derivation: passive participle of H3369 (יָקֹשׁ);
properly, entangled, i.e. by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fowler, snare.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
The hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָקוּשׁ 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the fowler2 · 67%
- snares1 · 33%
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.