קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה
Qibrôwth hat-Taʼă-vâh · kib-roth' hat-tahav-aw'
Kibroth-hat-Taavh, a place in the Desert
Lexicon
Derivation: from the feminine plural of H6913 (קֶבֶר) and H8378 (תַּאֲוָה) with the article interposed; graves of the longing;
Kibroth-hat-Taavh, a place in the Desert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kibroth-hattaavah.
Letters
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold › the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold of the mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from kibrothhattaavah2 · 40%
- kibrothhattaavah1 · 20%
- at kibrothhattaavah1 · 20%
- and at kibrothhattaavah1 · 20%
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.