פְּקוֹד
Pᵉqôwd · pek-ode'
Pekod, a symbolic name for Babylon
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6485 (פָּקַד); punishment;
Pekod, a symbolic name for Babylon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Pekod.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
To speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּקוֹד 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 · 2 distinct forms