H4938

מִשְׁעֵנָה

mishʻênâh · mish-ay-naw'

support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick

Lexicon

Derivation: or מִשְׁעֶנֶת; feminine of H4937 (מִשְׁעֵן);

support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick

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

KJV renderings: staff.

Letters

מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch
נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
Concrete
seed · sprout · fish · offspring
Extended
life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
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 › to consume, to destroy › to see and know › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold

Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁעֵנָה 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

12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms

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

my staff2 · 17%
upon his staff1 · 8%
with their staves1 · 8%
of the staff1 · 8%
the staff1 · 8%
upon the staff1 · 8%
and thy staff1 · 8%
and the staff1 · 8%
in the staff1 · 8%
because they have been a staff1 · 8%
with his staff1 · 8%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙2מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩2מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֣י1מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֖י1וּ֝מִשְׁעַנְתֶּ֗ךָ1בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם1מִשְׁעֶ֥נֶת1וּמַשְׁעֵנָ֑ה1מִשְׁעַנְתּ֛וֹ1מִשְׁעַנְתּ֖וֹ1

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