אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה
ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh · aw-bale' mekh-o-law'
Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H58 (אָבֵל) and H4246 (מְחֹלָה)xlit mᵉchôwlâh corrected to mᵉchôlâh; meadow of dancing;
Abel-Mecholah, 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-meholah.
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of abelmeholah2 · 67%
- to abelmeholah1 · 33%
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.