צׇרְעִי
Tsorʻîy · tsor-ee'
a Tsorite or Tsorathite, i.e. inhabitants of Tsorah
Lexicon
Derivation: or צׇרְעָתִי; patrial from H6881 (צׇרְעָה);
a Tsorite or Tsorathite, i.e. inhabitants of Tsorah
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zorites, Zareathites, Zorathites.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest › to see and know › the hand that works
To pursue the straight path of the head, the highest that works to see and know of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צׇרְעִי 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 · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the zareathites1 · 33%
- the zorites1 · 33%
- of the zorathites1 · 33%
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.