פֹּרֶכֶת
pôreketh · po-reh'-keth
a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine active participle of the same as H6531 (פֶּרֶךְ);
a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: vail.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign
To speak, the word of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֹּרֶכֶת 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the vail16 · 64%
- and the vail3 · 12%
- a vail2 · 8%
- of the vail1 · 4%
- with the vail1 · 4%
- unto the vail1 · 4%
- vail1 · 4%
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.