שׂוֹרֵק
Sôwrêq · so-rake'
Sorek, a valley in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H8321 (שֹׂרֵק); a vine;
Sorek, a valley in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sorek.
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)
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׂוֹרֵק 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of sorek1 · 100%
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.