מָעוֹג
mâʻôwg · maw-ogue'
a cake of bread; parasite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5746 (עוּג); also with H3934 (לָעֵג) a table-buffoon, i.e.
a cake of bread; parasite
- a cake of bread
- parasite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cake, feast.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › to fasten and establish › to carry, to lift up
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָעוֹג 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