נֵד
nêd · nade
a mound, i.e. wave
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5110 (נוּד) in the sense of piling up;
a mound, i.e. wave
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heap.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֵד 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 · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- as an heap2 · 33%
- heap2 · 33%
- together as an heap1 · 17%
- shall be a heap1 · 17%
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.