מְרוּצָה
mᵉrûwtsâh · mer-oo-tsaw'
a race (the act), whether the manner or the progress
Lexicon
Derivation: or מְרֻצָה; feminine of H4793 (מֵרוֹץ);
a race (the act), whether the manner or the progress
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: course, running. Compare H4835 (מְרֻצָה).
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- 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 fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְרוּצָה 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the running1 · 25%
- is like the running1 · 25%
- to his course1 · 25%
- and their course1 · 25%
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.