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H7873

שִׂיג

sîyg · seeg

a withdrawal (into a private place)

Lexicon

Derivation: from H7734 (שׂוּג);

a withdrawal (into a private place)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: pursuing.

Letters

  1. 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
  2. יYod10

    Picture: arm and closed hand

    Concrete
    hand · arm · work
    Extended
    a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
  3. גGimel3

    Picture: throwing stick (or camel)

    Concrete
    staff · throw stick · camel · foot
    Extended
    to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › to carry, to lift up

To consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to carry, to lift up.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׂיג 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.

  • or he is pursuing1 · 100%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

שִׂ֛יג1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance