מוֹקֵד
môwqêd · mo-kade'
a fire or fuel; abstractly, a conflagration
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3344 (יָקַד);
a fire or fuel; abstractly, a conflagration
- a fire or fuel
- abstractly, a conflagration
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burning, hearth.
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)
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹקֵד 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms