מִשְׁקֶלֶת
mishqeleth · mish-keh'-leth
a weight, i.e. a plummet (with line attached)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מִשְׁקֹלֶת; feminine of H4948 (מִשְׁקָל) or H4947 (מַשְׁקוֹף);
a weight, i.e. a plummet (with line attached)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: plummet.
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
- 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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁקֶלֶת 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.
- and the plummet1 · 50%
- to the plummet1 · 50%
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.