שָׁפָת
shâphâth · shaw-fawth'
a (double) stall (for cattle); also a (two-pronged) hook (for flaying animals on)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8239 (שָׁפַת);
a (double) stall (for cattle); also a (two-pronged) hook (for flaying animals on)
- a (double) stall (for cattle)
- also, a (two-pronged) hook (for flaying animals on)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hook, pot.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁפָת 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.
- among the pots1 · 50%
- were hooks1 · 50%
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.