עׇקְבָה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6122
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
insidiousness tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
עָקְבָה: n.f. insidiousness tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. insidiousness, 2 K 10:19 וְיֵהוּא עָשָׂה בְע׳.
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: guile (1).
In the verses
וְעַתָּ֣ה כָל־נְבִיאֵ֣י הַבַּ֡עַל כָּל־עֹבְדָ֣יו וְכָל־כֹּהֲנָיו֩ קִרְא֨וּ אֵלַ֜י אִ֣ישׁ אַל־יִפָּקֵ֗ד כִּי֩ זֶ֨בַח גָּד֥וֹל לִי֙ לַבַּ֔עַל כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יִפָּקֵ֖ד לֹ֣א יִֽחְיֶ֑ה וְיֵהוּא֙ עָשָׂ֣ה בְעָקְבָּ֔ה לְמַ֥עַן הַאֲבִ֖יד אֶת־עֹבְדֵ֥י הַבָּֽעַל׃
Word for word: and therefore all the.prophets of.(the) Baal all [those who].serve.him and all priests his summon to me anyone not let.him.be.missing (dm) a.sacrifice great [belongs].to me to (the) Baal any [one].who he.will.be.missing not he.will.live and Jehu he.acted with guile so.as to.destroy (et) [those.who].serve (of [the].Baal
JPS 1917: Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests, let none be wanting; for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live.' But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
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