רַקָּה
raqqâh · rak-kaw'
properly, thinness, i.e. the side of the head
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H7534 (רַק);
properly, thinness, i.e. the side of the head
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: temple.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַקָּה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- into his temples1 · 20%
- was in his temples1 · 20%
- his temples1 · 20%
- thy temples1 · 20%
- are thy temples1 · 20%
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.