מוֹטָה
môwṭâh · mo-taw'
a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4132 (מוֹט);
a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative)
- a pole
- by implication, an ox-bow
- hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bands, heavy, staves, yoke.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to surround and contain › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to surround and contain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹטָה 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the bands2 · 17%
- the yoke2 · 17%
- with the staves1 · 8%
- the heavy1 · 8%
- every yoke1 · 8%
- of thee the yoke1 · 8%
- and yokes1 · 8%
- the yokes1 · 8%
- for them yokes1 · 8%
- there the yokes1 · 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.