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title: יׇקְתְאֵל — Joktheel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יׇקְתְאֵל (3371), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Joktheel. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יׇקְתְאֵל

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«יׇקְתְאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Joktheel** — 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:** 3371 · **BDB:** יָקְתְאֵל

### Glosses

Joktheel (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Joktheel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3371/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3371/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (according to Ol§ 277 k. 3 יקת is Impf. from a √ קות, meaning dubious; poss. = יְקוּתִיאֵל q.v.; see Wetzst in De Is 3, 703)— in the Shephelah of Judah Jos 15:38, site unknown; 𝔊 Ιακαρεηλ A Ιεκθαηλ, 𝔊L Ιεχθαηλ. name given to סֶלַע (= Petra) by King Amaziah, its captor 2 K 14:7; 𝔊 Καθοηλ; A Ιεκθοηλ.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «יׇקְתְאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3371/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.38/)

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וְדִלְעָ֥ן וְהַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה וְיָקְתְאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and Dilean and (the) Mizpah and Joktheel

*JPS 1917:* and Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel;

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[2 Kings 14:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.14.7/)

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הוּא־הִכָּ֨ה אֶת־אֱד֤וֹם בְּגֵיא־מֶ֙לַח֙גֵיא־מֶ֙לַח֙ עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת אֲלָפִ֔ים וְתָפַ֥שׂ אֶת־הַסֶּ֖לַע בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמָהּ֙ יָקְתְאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* he he.defeated (et) Edom in.the.Valley.of.Salt in.\[the\] Valley.of.Salt ten thousand(s) and he.seized (et) (the) Sela in (the) battle and he.called (et) name its Joktheel until the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.

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