יְרֻשָּׁה
yᵉrushshâh · yer-oosh-shaw'
something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3423 (יָרַשׁ);
something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony
- something occupied
- a conquest
- also, a patrimony
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heritage, inheritance, possession.
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
- 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
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
The hand that works of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְרֻשָּׁה 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for a possession5 · 36%
- of his possession1 · 7%
- any possession1 · 7%
- unto his possession1 · 7%
- of your possession1 · 7%
- it for a possession1 · 7%
- there must be an inheritance1 · 7%
- of thy possession1 · 7%
- me the heritage1 · 7%
- of inheritance1 · 7%
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.