צוּק
tsûwq · tsook
to pour out, i.e. (figuratively) smelt, utter
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of narrowness (of orifice));
to pour out, i.e. (figuratively) smelt, utter
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be molten, pour.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צוּק 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is molten1 · 33%
- poured me out1 · 33%
- thee, they poured out1 · 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.