מַזְלֵג
mazlêg · maz-layg'
a fork
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) מִזְלָגָה; from an unused root meaning to draw up;
a fork
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fleshhook.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to cut, to sustain › authority, the one who leads › to carry, to lift up
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to cut, to sustain of authority, the one who leads that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַזְלֵג 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the fleshhooks2 · 29%
- and his fleshhooks1 · 14%
- the fleshhooks1 · 14%
- with a fleshhook1 · 14%
- all that the fleshhook1 · 14%
- for the fleshhooks1 · 14%
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.