רְכֻלָּה
rᵉkullâh · rek-ool-law'
trade (as peddled)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle of H7402 (רָכַל);
trade (as peddled)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: merchandise, traffic.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of the open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְכֻלָּה 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.
- of thy merchandise2 · 50%
- and by thy traffick1 · 25%
- of thy traffick1 · 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.