מְתַלְּעָה
mᵉthallᵉʻâh · meth-al-leh-aw'
properly, a biter, i.e. a tooth
Lexicon
Derivation: contr. from H3216 (יָלַע);
properly, a biter, i.e. a tooth
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cheek (jaw) tooth, jaw.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 mark, the covenant sign › authority, the one who leads › to see and know › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְתַלְּעָה 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the jaws1 · 33%
- and their jaw teeth1 · 33%
- and he hath the cheek teeth1 · 33%
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.