עַדְנָא
ʻAdnâʼ · ad-naw'
Adna, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5727 (עָדַן); pleasure;
Adna, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Adna.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader
To see and know of the doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַדְנָא 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