לַעֲנָה
laʻănâh · lah-an-aw'
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root supposed to mean to curse;
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hemlock, wormwood.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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)
authority, the one who leads › to see and know › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Authority, the one who leads that works to see and know of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לַעֲנָה 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with wormwood2 · 25%
- and wormwood1 · 13%
- as wormwood1 · 13%
- them with wormwood1 · 13%
- the wormwood1 · 13%
- to wormwood1 · 13%
- into hemlock1 · 13%
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.