מְזוּזָה
mᵉzûwzâh · mez-oo-zaw'
a door-post (as prominent)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מְזֻזָה; from the same as H2123 (זִיז);
a door-post (as prominent)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (door, side) post.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- 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 cut, to sustain › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to cut, to sustain that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְזוּזָה 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- side posts3 · 16%
- posts2 · 11%
- or unto the door post1 · 5%
- them upon the posts1 · 5%
- them upon the door posts1 · 5%
- by a post1 · 5%
- and side posts1 · 5%
- and posts1 · 5%
- at the posts1 · 5%
- also and the posts1 · 5%
- the posts1 · 5%
- and their post1 · 5%
- my posts1 · 5%
- it upon the posts1 · 5%
- and upon the posts1 · 5%
- by the post1 · 5%
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.