עַרְקִי
ʻArqîy · ar-kee'
an Arkite or inhabitant of Erek
Lexicon
Derivation: patrial from an unused name meaning a tush;
an Arkite or inhabitant of Erek
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Arkite.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- 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 head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works
To see and know of the head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַרְקִי 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 · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the arkite2 · 100%
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.