מַלְקוֹחַ
malqôwach · mal-ko'-akh
transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3947 (לָקַח);
transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken)
- transitively, (in dual) the jaws (as taking food)
- intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: booty, jaws, prey.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַלְקוֹחַ 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the prey2 · 25%
- and all the prey1 · 13%
- of the prey1 · 13%
- the prey1 · 13%
- and the booty1 · 13%
- to my jaws1 · 13%
- shall the prey1 · 13%
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.