כָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָה
Kâlêb ʼEphrâthâh · kaw-labe' ef-raw'-thaw
Caleb-Ephrathah, a place in Egypt (if the text is correct)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3612 (כָּלֵב) and H672 (אֶפְרָת);
Caleb-Ephrathah, a place in Egypt (if the text is correct)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Caleb-ephrathah.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 › authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within › strength, the leader › to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within of strength, the leader that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָה 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.
- in calebephratah1 · 100%
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.