מְצוֹלָה
mᵉtsôwlâh · mets-o-law'
a deep place (of water or mud)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מְצֹלָה; also מְצוּלָה; or מְצֻלָה; from the same as H6683 (צוּלָה);
a deep place (of water or mud)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bottom, deep, depth.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 › to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְצוֹלָה 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- into the bottom1 · 9%
- into the deeps1 · 9%
- he maketh the deep1 · 9%
- from the depths1 · 9%
- in deep1 · 9%
- me, neither let the deep1 · 9%
- in the deeps1 · 9%
- in the deep1 · 9%
- me into the deep1 · 9%
- into the depths1 · 9%
- and all the deeps1 · 9%
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.