עֵין גֶּדִי
ʻÊyn Gedîy · ane geh'-dee
En-Gedi, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5869 (עַיִן) and H1423 (גְּדִי); fountain of a kid;
En-Gedi, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: En-gedi.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works
To see and know of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing that works to carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵין גֶּדִי 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of engedi2 · 33%
- and engedi1 · 17%
- at engedi1 · 17%
- which is engedi1 · 17%
- upon it from engedi1 · 17%
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.