עֲתַלְיָה
ʻĂthalyâh · ath-al-yaw'
Athaljah, the name of an Israelitess and two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֲתַלְיָהוּ; from the same as H6270 (עַתְלַי) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has constrained;
Athaljah, the name of an Israelitess and 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: Athaliah.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 mark, the covenant sign › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the mark, the covenant sign of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲתַלְיָה 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- athaliah4 · 24%
- and athaliah4 · 24%
- and when athaliah2 · 12%
- of athaliah2 · 12%
- was athaliah1 · 6%
- also was athaliah1 · 6%
- but when athaliah1 · 6%
- now when athaliah1 · 6%
- then athaliah1 · 6%
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.