רַהַט
rahaṭ · rah'-hat
a channel or watering-box; by resemblance a ringlet of hair (as forming parallel lines)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root apparently meaning to hollow out;
a channel or watering-box; by resemblance a ringlet of hair (as forming parallel lines)
- a channel or watering-box
- by resemblance a ringlet of hair (as forming parallel lines)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gallery, gutter, trough.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to reveal, behold › to surround and contain
The head, the highest that works to reveal, behold that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַהַט 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the gutters2 · 50%
- the troughs1 · 25%
- in the galleries1 · 25%
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.