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title: עַכְסָה — Achsah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַכְסָה (5915), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Achsah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַכְסָה

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«עַכְסָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Achsah** — 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:** 5915 · **BDB:** עַכְסָה

### Glosses

Achsah (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Achsah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5915/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5915/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. daughter of Caleb Jos 15:16, 17 (JE) = Ju 1:12, 13; 1 Ch 2:49, Ασχα, Αχσα, Αζα, Οξα.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַכְסָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5915/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.49/)

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וַתֵּ֗לֶד שַׁ֚עַף אֲבִ֣י מַדְמַנָּ֔ה אֶת־שְׁוָ֛א אֲבִ֥י מַכְבֵּנָ֖ה וַאֲבִ֣י גִבְעָ֑א וּבַת־כָּלֵ֖ב עַכְסָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and she.bore Shaaph the.father of.Madmannah (et) Sheva the.father of.Machbenah and the.father of.Gibea and.\[was\] the.daughter of.Caleb Achsah

*JPS 1917:* And the wife of Shaaph the father of Madmannah bore Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

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[Joshua 15:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.17/)

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וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּ עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־קְנַ֖ז אֲחִ֣י כָלֵ֑ב וַיִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ אֶת־עַכְסָ֥ה בִתּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and he captured.it Othniel the.son of.Kenaz the.brother of.Caleb and he.gave to him (et) Achsah daughter his to a.wife

*JPS 1917:* And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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