עִקֵּר
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6131
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
hamstring tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
עִקֵּר: vb. denom. hamstring tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. denom. (from עֵקֶר or other like word = (root-sinew), hamstring);—hamstring horses (on Arabic funeral usage, with camel and horse v. WeHeid. 2, 181). Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ Jos 11:9, Impf. 3 ms. וַיְעַקֵּר 2 S 8:4 = 1 Ch 18:4, 2 ms. תְּעַקֵּר Jos 11:6 all c. acc.; Pf. 3 mpl. עִקְּרוּ שׁוֹר Gn 49:6 they hamstrung an ox.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he hamstrung (3); it will be plucked up (1); pluck up (1).
In the verses
עֵ֥ת לָלֶ֖דֶת וְעֵ֣ת לָמ֑וּת עֵ֣ת לָטַ֔עַת וְעֵ֖ת לַעֲק֥וֹר נָטֽוּעַ׃
Word for word: a.time to bear.a.child and a.time to die a.time to plant and a.time to pluck.up [that.which.is].planted
JPS 1917: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
כִּ֤י עַזָּה֙ עֲזוּבָ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹן לִשְׁמָמָ֑ה אַשְׁדּ֗וֹד בַּֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ יְגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּהָ וְעֶקְר֖וֹן תֵּעָקֵֽר׃ס
Word for word: (dm) Gaza abandoned it.will.be and Ashkelon [will become].(into).a.desolation Ashdod at the noontide(s) people will.drive.it.out and Ekron it.will.be.plucked.up
JPS 1917: For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
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