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title: יׇקְטָן — Joktan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יׇקְטָן (3355), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Joktan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יׇקְטָן

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«יׇקְטָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Joktan** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 3355 · **BDB:** יָקִטָן

### Glosses

Joktan (2); \[was\].Joktan (2); of.Joktan (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Joktan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3355/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3355/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Eber, descendant of Shem (DHM in MV comp. his name in Arabic tradition, viz. Ḳaḥtân; the √ √ قحط and وقط being both expl. in Muḥîṭ by ضرب strike, beat; v. Lane1777 ff.)—Gn 10:25, 26, 29 = 1 Ch 1:19, 20, 23, ‘father’ of various tribes of Yemen; 𝔊 Ιεκταν.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יׇקְטָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3355/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.29/)

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וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥ר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Ophir and (et) Havilah and (et) Jobab all these \[were\].the.sons of.Joktan

*JPS 1917:* and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

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[1 Chronicles 1:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.23/)

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וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥יר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* and (et) Ophir and (et) Havilah and (et) Jobab all these \[were\].the.sons of.Joktan

*JPS 1917:* and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

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