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title: עָכוֹר — disturbance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָכוֹר (5911), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: disturbance. BDB 1906: disturbance, trouble. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָכוֹר

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«עָכוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **disturbance** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5911 · **BDB:** עָכוֹר

### Glosses

of.Achor (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

disturbance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5911/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

disturbance, trouble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5911/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] disturbance, trouble, only in עֵמֶק ע׳ valley of trouble, W. or SW. from Jericho Jos 7:24, 26 (JE; name explained), on border of Judah 15:7 (P), cf. Ho 2:17; Is 65:10; on identif. cf. especially Di Jos 7:24 BuhlGeogr. 98; Εμεκαχωρ, φάραγξ (or κοίλας) Αχωρ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָכוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5911/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 65:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.10/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרוֹן֙ לִנְוֵה־צֹ֔אן וְעֵ֥מֶק עָכ֖וֹר לְרֵ֣בֶץ בָּקָ֑ר לְעַמִּ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר דְּרָשֽׁוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.become (the) Sharon (into).a pasture of.sheep and the.valley of.Achor (into).a resting.place of.cattle for people my who they have.sought.me

*JPS 1917:* And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for My people that have sought Me;

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[Hosea 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.2.17/)

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וְנָתַ֨תִּי לָ֤הּ אֶת־כְּרָמֶ֙יהָ֙ מִשָּׁ֔ם וְאֶת־עֵ֥מֶק עָכ֖וֹר לְפֶ֣תַח תִּקְוָ֑ה וְעָ֤נְתָה שָּׁ֙מָּה֙ כִּימֵ֣י נְעוּרֶ֔יהָ וִּכְי֖וֹםעֲלֹתָ֥הּ מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.will.give to her (et) vineyards her from there and (et) the.valley of.Achor to a.door of.hope and she.will.answer there (to) like the.days her.youth(s) her and like the.day she came.up from the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

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