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title: אִכָּר — ploughman · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִכָּר (406), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: ploughman. BDB 1906: n.m. ploughman, husbandman. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִכָּר

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«אִכָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ploughman** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 406 · **BDB:** אִכָּר

### Glosses

farmers (3); O.farmers (1); a.farmer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ploughman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/406/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ploughman, husbandman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/406/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jo 1:11 ploughman, husbandman (Ar. أَكَّارٌ, Aramaic ܐܰܟܳܪܳܐ, אִיכָּרָא, cf. Mish.) א׳ sg. abs. Je 51:23 (+ וְצִמְדּוֹ) Am 5:16; pl. אִכָּרִים Je 14:4; 31:24(23) (‖ וְנָֽסְעוּ בָעֵדֶר) 2 Ch 26:10 (‖ כֹּרְמִים) Jo 1:11 (‖ id.), אִכָּרֵיכֶם Is 61:5 (‖ id.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִכָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/406/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.11/)

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הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ אִכָּרִ֗ים הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים עַל־חִטָּ֖ה וְעַל־שְׂעֹרָ֑ה כִּ֥י אָבַ֖ד קְצִ֥יר שָׂדֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* be.ashamed O.farmers wail O.vinedressers on \[the\].wheat and on \[the\].barley (dm) it.has.perished \[the\].harvest of.\[the\].field

*JPS 1917:* Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

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[Isaiah 61:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.5/)

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וְעָמְד֣וּ זָרִ֔ים וְרָע֖וּ צֹאנְכֶ֑ם וּבְנֵ֣י נֵכָ֔ר אִכָּרֵיכֶ֖ם וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.stand strangers and they.will.shepherd flock\[s\] your and sons of.foreignness be\].your.farmers \[will and vinedressers your

*JPS 1917:* And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

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