יָרֵחַ
yârêach · yaw-ray'-akh
the moon
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H3391 (יֶרַח);
the moon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: moon. Yrechow. See H3405 (יְרִיחוֹ).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
The hand that works of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָרֵחַ 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
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the moon9 · 35%
- the moon3 · 12%
- and moon3 · 12%
- or the moon2 · 8%
- or moon1 · 4%
- and thou, moon1 · 4%
- and to the moon1 · 4%
- behold even to the moon1 · 4%
- so long as the moon1 · 4%
- as the moon1 · 4%
- nor the moon1 · 4%
- shall the moon1 · 4%
- of the moon1 · 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.