פִּשְׁתָּה
pishtâh · pish-taw'
flax; by implication, a wick
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H6593 (פִּשְׁתֶּה);
flax; by implication, a wick
- flax
- by implication, a wick
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flax, tow.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 speak, the word › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּשְׁתָּה 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the flax2 · 50%
- flax1 · 25%
- as tow1 · 25%
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.