סְגֻלָּה
çᵉgullâh · seg-ool-law'
wealth (as closely shut up)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up;
wealth (as closely shut up)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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)
to support and uphold › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To support and uphold that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סְגֻלָּה 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- then ye shall be a peculiar treasure1 · 13%
- thee to be a special1 · 13%
- thee to be a peculiar1 · 13%
- to be his peculiar1 · 13%
- of mine own proper good1 · 13%
- for his peculiar treasure1 · 13%
- and the peculiar treasure1 · 13%
- my jewels1 · 13%
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.