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By Jeff A. Benner
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(ma) ? / Hundred
Pictograph: ?
Definition: Originally an unknowable amount, but also to mean a hundred.
Strong's #: n/a
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(mah) ? / Water
Pictograph: The pictograph is a picture of water.
Definition: The sea (Mediterranean) is a place of the unknown (what is beyond or what is below). It is feared by the Ancient Hebrews because of its size, storms and fierceness. A hundred as an unknowable amount.
Strong's #: 4325, 4100,
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(mal) Speak / Word
Pictograph: ?
Definition: A continuation of segments, which fill the whole.
Strong's #: n/a
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(mats) Squeeze / Strong
Pictograph: The pictograph is a picture of water representing might, the representing the trail. Combined these mean "water of the trail".
Definition: To be mentally astute, firm, obstinate or courageous. Having or marked by great physical, moral or intellectual power.
Strong's #: 4160
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(mar) ? / Bitter
Pictograph: The pictograph is a picture of water, the is a picture of a head. Combined these mean "water head" or headwaters.
Definition: Having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste.
Strong's #: 4751
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(mat) Die / Mortal
Pictograph: The pictograph is a picture of water representing chaos, the is a picture of two crossed sticks representing a mark or sign. Combined these mean "chaos mark".
Definition: The length of time that something exists and ends.
Strong's #: 4962
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