אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה
ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh · aw-bale' bayth ma-akaw'
Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H58 (אָבֵל) and H1004 (בַּיִת) and H4601 (מַעֲכָה); meadow of Beth-Maakah;
Abel of Beth-maakah, 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: Abel-beth-maachah, Abel of Beth-maachah,
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- 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)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה 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 · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and abelbethmaachah2 · 100%
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.