קֹרֵא
qôrêʼ · ko-ray'
a caller, i.e. partridge (from its cry)
Lexicon
Derivation: properly, active participle of H7121 (קָרָא);
a caller, i.e. partridge (from its cry)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: partridge. See also H6981 (קוֹרֵא).
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֹרֵא 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
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a partridge1 · 50%
- as the partridge1 · 50%
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.