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title: עֶכֶס — anklet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶכֶס (5914), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: anklet. BDB 1906: anklet, bangle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶכֶס

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«עֶכֶס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **anklet** — 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:** 5914 · **BDB:** עֶ֫כֶס

### Glosses

an.anklet (1); the.anklets (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

anklet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5914/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

anklet, bangle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5914/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] anklet, bangle;—pl. abs. הָעֲכָסִים Is 3:18 bangles, anklets (as ornaments); for sg. abs. ע׳ Pr 7:22 read עֵגֶל Toy.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶכֶס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5914/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.22/)

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ה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְ אַחֲרֶ֗יהָ פִּ֫תְאֹ֥ם כְּ֭שׁוֹר אֶל־טָ֣בַחיָב֑וֹא וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶס אֶל־מוּסַ֥ר אֱוִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].walking behind her suddenly like an.ox \[which\].to \[the\].slaughter it.goes and like an.anklet to \[the\].chastening of.a.fool

*JPS 1917:* He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

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[Isaiah 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.18/)

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בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא יָסִ֣יר אֲדֹנָ֗י אֵ֣ת תִּפְאֶ֧רֶת הָעֲכָסִ֛ים וְהַשְּׁבִיסִ֖ים וְהַשַּׂהֲרֹנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* in the day (the) that he.will.remove Lord \[the\] (et) the.splendor of the.anklets and the amulets and the ornaments

*JPS 1917:* In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents;

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