מֵיתָר
mêythâr · may-thar'
a cord (of a tent); or the string (of a bow)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3498 (יָתַר); (compare H3499 (יֶתֶר))
a cord (of a tent); or the string (of a bow)
- a cord (of a tent)
- or the string (of a bow)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cord, string.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֵיתָר 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and their cords4 · 44%
- his cords1 · 11%
- and the cords1 · 11%
- thine arrows upon thy strings1 · 11%
- thy cords1 · 11%
- and all my cords1 · 11%
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.