שַׁחַק
shachaq · shakh'-ak
a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7833 (שָׁחַק);
a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
- a powder (as beaten small)
- by analogy, a thin vapor
- by extension, the firmament
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 separate and protect › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁחַק 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the clouds4 · 19%
- of the skies2 · 10%
- reacheth unto the clouds2 · 10%
- on the sky1 · 5%
- which the clouds1 · 5%
- the sky1 · 5%
- which is in the clouds1 · 5%
- unto the clouds1 · 5%
- is in the clouds1 · 5%
- the skies1 · 5%
- for who in the heaven1 · 5%
- in heaven1 · 5%
- and the clouds1 · 5%
- as the small dust1 · 5%
- and let the skies1 · 5%
- even to the skies1 · 5%
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.