מִיכָיָה
Mîykâyâh · me-kaw-yaw'
Micajah, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4310 (מִי) and (the prefix derivative from) H3588 (כִּי) and H3050 (יָהּ); who (is) like Jah?;
Micajah, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Micah, Michaiah. Compare H4318 (מִיכָה).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › the open hand that covers › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the open hand that covers of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִיכָיָה 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of michaiah2 · 50%
- michaiah1 · 25%
- micah1 · 25%
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.