מַקֵּדָה
Maqqêdâh · mak-kay-daw'
Makkedah, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H5348 (נָקֹד) in the denominative sense of herding (compare H5349 (נֹקֵד)); fold;
Makkedah, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Makkedah.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַקֵּדָה 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- at makkedah3 · 33%
- of makkedah2 · 22%
- and unto makkedah1 · 11%
- makkedah1 · 11%
- from makkedah1 · 11%
- and makkedah1 · 11%
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.