H6757

צַלְמָוֶת

tsalmâveth · tsal-maw'-veth

shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)

Lexicon

Derivation: from H6738 (צֵל) and H4194 (מָוֶת);

shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: shadow of death.

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
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
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
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 pursue the straight path › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign

To pursue the straight path of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צַלְמָוֶת 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

18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and the shadow of death4 · 22%
of the shadow of death4 · 22%
the shadow of death3 · 17%
itself; and of the shadow of death1 · 6%
is the shadow of death1 · 6%
nor shadow of death1 · 6%
us with the shadow of death1 · 6%
and in the shadow of death1 · 6%
and of the shadow of death1 · 6%
it into the shadow of death1 · 6%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

צַלְמָֽוֶת׃3וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת2צַלְמָ֔וֶת2צַלְמָ֑וֶת2וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃2בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃1צַ֭לְמָוֶת1וְצַלְמָ֔וֶת1וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת1לְצַלְמָ֔וֶת1צַלְמָ֣וֶת1צַלְמָ֡וֶת1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.