רָחֵל
râchêl · raw-kale'
a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to journey;
a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ewe, sheep.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָחֵל 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.
- have i been with thee; thy ewes1 · 25%
- ewes1 · 25%
- of sheep1 · 25%
- and as a sheep1 · 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.