יְרִיָּה
Yᵉrîyâh · yer-ee-yaw'
Jerijah, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: or יְרִיָּהוּ; from H3384 (יָרָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah will throw;
Jerijah, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jeriah, Jerijah.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The hand that works of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְרִיָּה 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.
- jeriah1 · 33%
- of hebron; jeriah1 · 33%
- was jerijah1 · 33%
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.