כֶּשֶׂב
keseb · keh'-seb
a young sheep
Lexicon
Derivation: apparently by transposition for H3532 (כֶּבֶשׂ);
a young sheep
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lamb.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within
The open hand that covers that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֶּשֶׂב 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- among the sheep3 · 23%
- the lambs1 · 8%
- namely, of the sheep1 · 8%
- a lamb1 · 8%
- of the lamb1 · 8%
- or of sheep1 · 8%
- or lamb1 · 8%
- of the sheep1 · 8%
- or a sheep1 · 8%
- of a sheep1 · 8%
- the sheep1 · 8%
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.