אִלֵּךְ
ʼillêk · il-lake'
these
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) prolonged from H412 (אֵל);
these
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: these, those.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִלֵּךְ 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- these8 · 57%
- those2 · 14%
- we those1 · 7%
- of these1 · 7%
- unto these1 · 7%
- and these1 · 7%
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.