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title: יִקְּהָה — obedience · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִקְּהָה (3349), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: obedience. BDB 1906: n.f. obedience. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִקְּהָה

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«יִקְּהָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **obedience** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 3349 · **BDB:** יִקְהָה

### Glosses

\[the\].obedience (1); obedience (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

obedience [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3349/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. obedience [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3349/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. obedience;—cstr. יִקְּהַת עַמִּים Gn 49:10 c. subject. genit. (Daghesh forte dirim. Ges§ 20, 2 b LagBN 82), לִיקְּהַת אֵם Pr 30:17 c. object. genit.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִקְּהָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3349/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 30:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.17/)

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עַ֤יִן ׀ תִּֽלְעַ֣ג לְאָב֮ וְתָב֪וּז לִֽיקֲּהַ֫ת־אֵ֥ם יִקְּר֥וּהָ עֹרְבֵי־נַ֑חַל וְֽיֹאכְל֥וּהָ בְנֵי־נָֽשֶׁר׃פ

*Word for word:* an.eye \[which\].it.mocks (to).a father and.\[which\] it.despises (to) obedience of.a.mother they will.peck.it.out \[the\].ravens of.\[the\].wadi and they will.eat.it \[the\].young of.an.eagle

*JPS 1917:* The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it.

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[Genesis 49:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.10/)

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לֹֽא־יָס֥וּר שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וּמְחֹקֵ֖ק מִבֵּ֣ין רַגְלָ֑יו עַ֚ד כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣א שִׁיל֔וֹ וְל֖וֹ יִקְּהַ֥ת עַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* not it.will.depart a.scepter from Judah and a.ruler's.staff from between feet his until (dm) he.will.come Shiloh and \[will belong\].to.him \[the\].obedience of.peoples

*JPS 1917:* The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, as long as men come to Shiloh; and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

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