קוּץ
qûwts · koots
to awake (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare H3364 (יָקַץ)));
to awake (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קוּץ 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- awake4 · 18%
- when i awake2 · 9%
- but he awaketh2 · 9%
- and not wake2 · 9%
- it, neither awaked1 · 5%
- is not awaked1 · 5%
- they shall not awake1 · 5%
- i awaked1 · 5%
- thyself, and awake1 · 5%
- arise1 · 5%
- when one awaketh1 · 5%
- thee; and when thou awakest1 · 5%
- it not: when shall i awake1 · 5%
- upon this i awaked1 · 5%
- it watcheth1 · 5%
- shall awake1 · 5%
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.