עֶגְלָה
ʻeglâh · eg-law'
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H5695 (עֵגֶל);
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: calf, cow, heifer.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 see and know › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To see and know 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 עֶגְלָה 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- an heifer3 · 21%
- me an heifer1 · 7%
- the heifer1 · 7%
- the heifer's1 · 7%
- over the heifer1 · 7%
- with my heifer1 · 7%
- cow1 · 7%
- heifer1 · 7%
- as an heifer1 · 7%
- as the heifer1 · 7%
- because of the calves1 · 7%
- is as an heifer1 · 7%
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.