מוֹפַעַת
Môwphaʻath · mo-fah'-ath
Mophaath or Mephaath, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: (Jeremiah 48:21) or מֵיפַעַת; or מֵפַעַת; from H3313 (יָפַע); illuminative;
Mophaath or Mephaath, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Mephaath.
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)
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to speak, the word › to see and know › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to speak, the word that works to see and know of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹפַעַת 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and mephaath2 · 50%
- with her suburbs, and mephaath1 · 25%
- and upon mephaath1 · 25%
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.