מְנַקִּית
mᵉnaqqîyth · men-ak-keeth'
a sacrificial basin (for holding blood)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5352 (נָקָה);
a sacrificial basin (for holding blood)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bowl.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְנַקִּית 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thereof, and bowls1 · 25%
- and his bowls1 · 25%
- and the bowls1 · 25%
- and the cups1 · 25%
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.