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H4458

מֶלְתָּחָה

meltâchâh · mel-taw-khaw'

a wardrobe (i.e. room where clothing is spread)

Lexicon

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to spread out;

a wardrobe (i.e. room where clothing is spread)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: vestry.

Letters

מ
Mem
ל
Lamed
ת
Tav
ח
Het
ה
He
  1. מMem40

    Picture: waves of water

    Concrete
    water · sea · blood · liquid
    Extended
    chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
  2. לLamed30

    Picture: shepherd's staff or goad

    Concrete
    staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
    Extended
    authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
  3. תTav400

    Picture: a crossed mark

    Concrete
    mark · sign · cross · signature
    Extended
    a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
  4. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
  5. 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 › authority, the one who leads › the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold

Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֶלְתָּחָה 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.

  • unto him that was over the vestry1 · 100%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הַמֶּלְתָּחָ֔ה1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance