לָטַשׁ
lâṭash · law-tash'
properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: instructer, sharp(-en), whet.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to surround and contain › to consume, to destroy
Authority, the one who leads that works to surround and contain that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָטַשׁ 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- an instructer1 · 20%
- to sharpen1 · 20%
- sharpeneth1 · 20%
- not, he will whet1 · 20%
- like a sharp1 · 20%
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.