מַעֲכָתִי
Maʻăkâthîy · mah-ak-aw-thee'
a Maakathite, or inhabitant of Maakah
Lexicon
Derivation: patrial from H4601 (מַעֲכָה);
a Maakathite, or inhabitant of Maakah
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Maachathite.
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
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲכָתִי 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.
- of a maachathite2 · 25%
- and maachathi1 · 13%
- and the maachathites1 · 13%
- and maachathites1 · 13%
- nor the maachathites1 · 13%
- of the maachathite1 · 13%
- the maachathite1 · 13%
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.