סֶרֶד
Çered · seh'-red
Sered, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from a primitive root meaning to tremble; trembling;
Sered, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sered.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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)
to support and uphold › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in
To support and uphold of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סֶרֶד 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