צֹר
tsôr · tsore
a stone (as if pressed hard or to a point); (by implication, of use) a knife
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6696 (צוּר);
a stone (as if pressed hard or to a point); (by implication, of use) a knife
- a stone (as if pressed hard or to a point)
- (by implication, of use) a knife
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flint, sharp stone.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest
To pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צֹר 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms