כָּוָה
kâvâh · kaw-vaw'
properly, to prick or penetrate; hence, to blister (as smarting or eating into)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to prick or penetrate; hence, to blister (as smarting or eating into)
- properly, to prick or penetrate
- hence, to blister (as smarting or eating into)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burn.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּוָה 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- not be burned1 · 50%
- thou shalt not be burned1 · 50%
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.