מֵרָב
Mêrâb · may-rawb'
Merab, a daughter of Saul
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7231 (רָבַב); increase;
Merab, a daughter of Saul
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Merab.
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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the house, what is within
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֵרָב 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- merab2 · 67%
- when merab1 · 33%
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.