שׁוּל
shûwl · shool
a skirt; by implication, a bottom edge
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to hang down;
a skirt; by implication, a bottom edge
- a skirt
- by implication, a bottom edge
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hem, skirt, train.
Letters
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוּל 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the hem2 · 18%
- upon the hem2 · 18%
- thy skirts2 · 18%
- and beneath upon the hem1 · 9%
- upon the hems1 · 9%
- and his train1 · 9%
- are thy skirts1 · 9%
- is in her skirts1 · 9%
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.