אֲשֵׁדָה
ʼăshêdâh · ash-ay-daw'
a ravine
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H793 (אֶשֶׁד);
a ravine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: springs.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲשֵׁדָה 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- under ashdothpisgah2 · 33%
- under the springs1 · 17%
- and of the springs1 · 17%
- and in the springs1 · 17%
- and ashdothpisgah1 · 17%
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.