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H8462

תְּחִלָּה

tᵉchillâh · tekh-il-law'

a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly)

Lexicon

Derivation: from H2490 (חָלַל) in the sense of opening;

a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly)

  1. a commencement
  2. rel. original (adverb, -ly)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: begin(-ning), first (time).

Letters

ת
Tav
ח
Het
ל
Lamed
ה
He
  1. תTav400

    Picture: a crossed mark

    Concrete
    mark · sign · cross · signature
    Extended
    a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
  2. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
  3. לLamed30

    Picture: shepherd's staff or goad

    Concrete
    staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
    Extended
    authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
  4. 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 separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold

The mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּחִלָּה 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

22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • at the beginning3 · 14%
  • in the beginning3 · 14%
  • as at the beginning2 · 9%
  • at the first time2 · 9%
  • first2 · 9%
  • the beginning2 · 9%
  • shall go up first1 · 5%
  • at the first1 · 5%
  • days, in the beginning1 · 5%
  • from the beginning1 · 5%
  • and so it was at the beginning1 · 5%
  • to begin1 · 5%
  • is the beginning1 · 5%
  • unto me at the first1 · 5%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת4בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה3תְּחִלַּ֥ת2בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה2בַתְּחִלָּ֔ה1בַתְּחִלָּֽה׃1בַּתְּחִלָּֽה׃1בִּתְחִלַּת֙1הַתְּחִלָּה֙1כְּבַתְּחִלָּ֑ה1תְּחִלַּ֣ת1מִתְּחִלַּ֣ת1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance