רָטָשׁ
râṭâsh · raw-tash'
to dash down
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to dash down
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dash (in pieces).
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to surround and contain › to consume, to destroy
The head, the highest that works to surround and contain that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָטָשׁ 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and wilt dash1 · 14%
- also shall be dashed to pieces1 · 14%
- also shall dash1 · 14%
- to pieces1 · 14%
- was dashed in pieces1 · 14%
- shall be dashed in pieces1 · 14%
- also were dashed in pieces1 · 14%
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.