מָרַט
mâraṭ · maw-rat'
to polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen
- to polish
- by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder)
- also, to sharpen
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bright, furbish, (have his) hair (be) fallen off, peeled, pluck off (hair).
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
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › to surround and contain
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָרַט 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 · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- whose hair is fallen1 · 11%
- and he that hath his hair fallen1 · 11%
- and plucked off1 · 11%
- of them, and plucked off their hair1 · 11%
- to them that plucked off1 · 11%
- and also furbished1 · 11%
- it to be furbished1 · 11%
- it is furbished1 · 11%
- was peeled1 · 11%
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.