מַעֲלָל
maʻălâl · mah-al-awl'
an act (good or bad)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5953 (עָלַל);
an act (good or bad)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: doing, endeavour, invention, work.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › authority, the one who leads › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲלָל 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
41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of your doings7 · 17%
- of their doings5 · 12%
- and your doings5 · 12%
- the works2 · 5%
- of his doings2 · 5%
- of thy doings1 · 2%
- not from their own doings1 · 2%
- in his doings1 · 2%
- works1 · 2%
- of their endeavours1 · 2%
- with their inventions1 · 2%
- with their own inventions1 · 2%
- by his doings1 · 2%
- and their doings1 · 2%
- and thy doings1 · 2%
- me their doings1 · 2%
- your doings1 · 2%
- them their doings1 · 2%
- their doings1 · 2%
- now their own doings1 · 2%
- according to his doings1 · 2%
- are these his doings1 · 2%
- in their doings1 · 2%
- doings1 · 2%
- and according to our doings1 · 2%
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.