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title: יַעֲקָן — Jaakan. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַעֲקָן (3292), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Jaakan. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַעֲקָן

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«יַעֲקָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jaakan. Compare** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3292 · **BDB:** עֲקָן

### Glosses

Jaakan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jaakan. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3292/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3292/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Edom;—וַע׳ Gn 36:27, (Ι)ουκαμ, = יַעֲקָן 1 Ch 1:42, Ωναν, Ιαακαν, etc. (v. LagBN 84 Anm.\*\*; also בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָ֑ן and בְּאֵרֹת ב׳ יע׳).

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַעֲקָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3292/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.42/)

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בְּֽנֵי־אֵ֔צֶר בִּלְהָ֥ן וְזַעֲוָ֖ן יַעֲקָ֑ן בְּנֵ֥י דִישׁ֖וֹן ע֥וּץ וַאֲרָֽן׃פ

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Ezer \[were\].Bilhan and Zaavan Jaakan the.sons of.Dishon \[were\].Uz and Aran

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

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