מָלַק
mâlaq · maw-lak'
to crack a joint; by implication, to wring the neck of afowl (without separating it)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to crack a joint; by implication, to wring the neck of afowl (without separating it)
- to crack a joint
- by implication, to wring the neck of afowl (without separating it)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: wring off.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָלַק 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and wring off2 · 100%
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.