מַכְנַדְבַי
Maknadbay · mak-nad-bah'-ee
Maknadbai, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4100 (מָה) and H5068 (נָדַב) with a particle interposed; what (is) like (a) liberal (man) ?;
Maknadbai, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Machnadebai.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the open hand that covers › the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within › the hand that works
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers of the seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in of the house, what is within of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַכְנַדְבַי 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- machnadebai1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra1
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.