מְרַאֲשָׁה
mᵉraʼăshâh · mer-ah-ash-aw'
properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)
Lexicon
Derivation: formed like H4761 (מַרְאָשָׁה);
properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bolster, head, pillow. Compare H4772 (מַרְגְלָה).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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 › the head, the highest › strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְרַאֲשָׁה 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 · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hair for his bolster2 · 25%
- them for his pillows1 · 13%
- for his pillows1 · 13%
- at his bolster1 · 13%
- that is at his bolster1 · 13%
- that was at his bolster1 · 13%
- at his head1 · 13%
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.