The meaning of “מָקוֹר”
Understanding mâqôwr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or מָקֹר mâqôr (maw-kore'); from קוּר fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring). - properly, something dug, i.e. a (general...
מָקוֹר
or מָקֹר mâqôr (maw-kore'); from קוּר fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring). - properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing - also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda) - figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny) 1) spring, fountain 1a) spring 1a1) of source of life, joy, purification (fig.) 1b) of the eye (fig.) 1c) source (of menstruous blood) 1d) flow (of blood after child birth)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 20:18 | “And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.” Word: מָקוֹר (mâqôwr) | |
| Psalms 68:26 | “Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.” Word: מָקוֹר (mâqôwr) | |
| Proverbs 14:27 | “The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.” Word: מָקוֹר (mâqôwr) | |
| Jeremiah 17:13 | “O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.” Word: מָקוֹר (mâqôwr) | |
| Hosea 13:15 | “Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.” Word: מָקוֹר (mâqôwr) |
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