תָּוָה
tâvâh · taw-vaw'
to mark out, i.e. (primitive) scratch or (definite) imprint
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to mark out, i.e. (primitive) scratch or (definite) imprint
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: scrabble, set (a mark).
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תָּוָה 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.
- and scrabbled1 · 50%
- and set1 · 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.