מִקְשָׁה
miqshâh · mik-shaw'
rounded work, i.e. moulded by hammering (repousse)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4748 (מִקְשֶׁה);
rounded work, i.e. moulded by hammering (repousse)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beaten (out of one piece, work), upright, whole piece.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִקְשָׁה 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 · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of beaten work3 · 30%
- beaten work2 · 20%
- beaten out of one piece1 · 10%
- was of beaten1 · 10%
- thereof, was beaten work1 · 10%
- of a whole piece1 · 10%
- they are upright1 · 10%
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.