מְתוּשֶׁלַח
Mᵉthûwshelach · meth-oo-sheh'-lakh
Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4962 (מַת) and H7973 (שֶׁלַח); man of a dart;
Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Methuselah.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְתוּשֶׁלַח 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- methuselah3 · 50%
- and methuselah2 · 33%
- of methuselah1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
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.