שֹׁר
shôr · shore
a string (as twisted ), i.e. (specifically) the umbilical cord (also figuratively, as the centre of strength)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8324 (שָׁרַר); (compare H8306 (שָׁרִיר))
a string (as twisted ), i.e. (specifically) the umbilical cord (also figuratively, as the centre of strength)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: navel.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֹׁר 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.
- to thy navel1 · 50%
- thy navel1 · 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.