H572

אַמְתַּחַת

ʼamtachath · am-takh'-ath

properly, something expansive, i.e. a bag

Lexicon

Derivation: from H4969 (מָתַח);

properly, something expansive, i.e. a bag

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: sack.

Letters

אAlef1
Picture: ox head
Concrete
ox · bull · cattle
Extended
strength · leader · first · the one in front
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
חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
Concrete
wall · fence · tent wall
Extended
to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
Concrete
mark · sign · cross · signature
Extended
a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign

Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַמְתַּחַת 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

15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

in our sacks3 · 20%
his sack2 · 13%
for, behold, it was in his sack's1 · 7%
it is even in my sack1 · 7%
of your sacks1 · 7%
our sacks1 · 7%
of his sack1 · 7%
in your sacks1 · 7%
sacks1 · 7%
in his sack's1 · 7%
in the sack's1 · 7%
sack1 · 7%

Where it is used, by book.

Genesis15

Inflected forms found in the text.

אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃3אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּ2בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙1אַמְתַּחְתּ֔וֹ1אַמְתְּחֹֽתֵיכֶם֙1אַמְתְּחֹ֤ת1בְּאַמְתְּחֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם1אַמְתַּ֣חַת1בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַת1בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵֽינוּ׃1בְאַמְתַּחְתִּ֑י1אַמְתַּחְתּ֖וֹ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.