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title: יָקֹשׁ — lay a bait · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָקֹשׁ (3369), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: lay a bait. BDB 1906: vb. lay bait lure lay snares. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָקֹשׁ

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«יָקֹשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lay a bait** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 3369 · **BDB:** יָקֹשׁ

### Glosses

they.will.be.ensnared (2); I.laid.a.trap (1); \[are\].ensnared (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lay a bait [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3369/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lay bait lure lay snares [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3369/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lay a bait or lure (v. מוֹקֵשׁ), then gen. lay snares (v. also נקשׁ, קוֹשׁ)— Pf. יָקֹ֫שְׁתִּי Je 50:24; יָֽקְשׁוּ ψ 141:9; Pt. pl. יוֹקְשִׁים 124:7;—lay snares, fig. of devices of wicked 141:9 (c. acc. cogn.); of י׳’s plan to destroy Babylon Je 50:24 יקשׁתי לך וגם נלכדת; Pt. as subst. bait-layers, fowlers ψ 124:7 (cf. 141:9) sim. Pf. נוֹקַ֫שְׁתָּ Pr 6:2; וְנוֹקְשׁוּ consec. Is 8:15; 28:13; Impf. 2 ms. תִּוָּקֵשׁ Dt 7:25; be caught by a bait, ensnared, in business entanglements Pr 6:2; in disastrous consequences of idolatry Dt 7:25 (‖ נלכד); of those ensnared by י׳’s plans (sq. ונלכדו) Is 8:15; 28:13. Pt. יוּקָשִׁים (for מְיוּקָשִׁים, unless this should be read: Ges§ 52. R. 6; Sta§ 220): entrapped, in circumstances of life Ec 9:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָקֹשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3369/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.2/)

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נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִ֑יךָ נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.have.been.ensnared by the.words your.mouth your you.have.been.caught by the.words your.mouth your

*JPS 1917:* Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth —

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[Psalms 141:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.141.9/)

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שָׁמְרֵ֗נִי מִ֣ידֵי פַ֭ח יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

*Word for word:* keep me from.\[the\] hands of.\[the\].trap \[which\].they.have.laid for me and.\[the\] snares of.\[those.who\].do (of).wickedness

*JPS 1917:* Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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