אֻשַּׁרְנָא
ʼushsharnâʼ · oosh-ar-naw'
a wall (from its uprightness)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H833 (אָשַׁר);
a wall (from its uprightness)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: wall.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest of the seed, life continuing of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֻשַּׁרְנָא 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 · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wall1 · 50%
- walls1 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra2
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.