כַּלְנֶה
Kalneh · kal-neh'
Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire
Lexicon
Derivation: or כַּלְנֵה; also כַּלְנוֹ; of foreign derivation;
Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Calneh, Calno. Compare H3656 (כַּנֶּה).
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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 seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כַּלְנֶה 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.
- and calneh1 · 33%
- is not calno1 · 33%
- ye unto calneh1 · 33%
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.