מוּשִׁי
Mûwshîy · moo-shee'
Mushi, a Levite
Lexicon
Derivation: or מֻשִּׁי; from H4184 (מוּשׁ); sensitive;
Mushi, a Levite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Mushi.
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)
- 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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוּשִׁי 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 · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and mushi5 · 63%
- of mushi2 · 25%
- also of mushi1 · 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.