מַרְגְלָה
margᵉlâh · mar-ghel-aw'
(plural for collective) a footpiece, i.e. (adverbially) at the foot, or (direct.) the foot itself
Lexicon
Derivation: denominative from H7272 (רֶגֶל);
(plural for collective) a footpiece, i.e. (adverbially) at the foot, or (direct.) the foot itself
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: feet. Compare H4763 (מְרַאֲשָׁה).
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
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- 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 › the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַרְגְלָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his feet2 · 40%
- at his feet2 · 40%
- and his feet1 · 20%
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.