שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh · shif-khaw'
a female slave (as a member of the household)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));
a female slave (as a member of the household)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁפְחָה 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
63 occurrences · 63 OT · 0 NT · 49 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and maidservants4 · 9%
- maid4 · 9%
- handmaid3 · 7%
- and bondwomen3 · 7%
- her maid2 · 5%
- and womenservants2 · 5%
- his handmaid2 · 5%
- unto thine handmaid2 · 5%
- let thine handmaid2 · 5%
- of thine handmaid2 · 5%
- and thy handmaid2 · 5%
- his maidservant2 · 5%
- and for handmaids2 · 5%
- and she had an handmaid1 · 2%
- unto my maid1 · 2%
- my maid1 · 2%
- behold, thy maid1 · 2%
- his maid1 · 2%
- for an handmaid1 · 2%
- to be her maid1 · 2%
- her handmaid1 · 2%
- my maiden1 · 2%
- womenservants1 · 2%
- handmaids1 · 2%
- the handmaids1 · 2%
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.