מַחֲלֶה
machăleh · makh-al-eh'
sickness
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) מַחֲלָה; from H2470 (חָלָה);
sickness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: disease, infirmity, sickness.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַחֲלֶה 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- none of these diseases1 · 17%
- sickness1 · 17%
- whatsoever sickness1 · 17%
- or whatsoever sickness1 · 17%
- by disease1 · 17%
- his infirmity1 · 17%
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.