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H4841

מֶרְקָחָה

merqâchâh · mer-kaw-khaw'

abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)

Lexicon

Derivation: feminine of H4840 (מֶרְקָח);

abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)

  1. abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery)
  2. concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: pot of ointment, [idiom] well.

Letters

מ
Mem
ר
Resh
ק
Qof
ח
Het
ה
He
  1. מMem40

    Picture: waves of water

    Concrete
    water · sea · blood · liquid
    Extended
    chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
  2. רResh200

    Picture: a human head

    Concrete
    head · face · person
    Extended
    first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
  3. קQof100

    Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon

    Concrete
    back of the head · rising sun · circle
    Extended
    what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
  4. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
  5. 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold

Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֶרְקָחָה 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

2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • like a pot of ointment1 · 50%
  • it well1 · 50%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הַמֶּרְקָחָ֔ה1כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance