עֲרוּגָה
ʻărûwgâh · ar-oo-gaw'
something piled up (as if (figuratively) raised by mental aspiration), i.e. a paterre
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֲרֻגָה; feminine passive participle of H6165 (עָרַג);
something piled up (as if (figuratively) raised by mental aspiration), i.e. a paterre
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bed, furrow.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- 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 › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to carry, to lift up › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to carry, to lift up that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲרוּגָה 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- are as a bed1 · 25%
- to the beds1 · 25%
- it by the furrows1 · 25%
- in the furrows1 · 25%
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.