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title: עָכַר — stir up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָכַר (5916), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: stir up. BDB 1906: vb. stir up, disturb, trouble. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָכַר

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«עָכַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stir up** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 5916 · **BDB:** עָכַר

### Glosses

I.have.troubled (1); O.\[you.who\].trouble (1); \[is\].trouble (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stir up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5916/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. stir up, disturb, trouble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5916/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. stir up, disturb, trouble (NH id., make turbid; Arabic عَكِرَ be turbid);— Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ 1 S 14:29; 2 ms. sf. עֲכַרְתָּ֔נִי Jos 7:25, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַעְכָּרְךָ v 25; Pt. עֹכֵר 1 K 18:17 + 3 times, עוֹכֵר 1 Ch 2:7; pl. sf. עֹכְרָ֑י Ju 11:35;—disturb, trouble, c. acc. pers. Gn 34:30 (J), Jos 6:18; 7:25(×2) (all JE; v 25b subj. י׳), Ju 11:35; cf. Pr 11:17 (opp. גֹּמֵל), v 29; 15:27 (opp. חָיָה); ע׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 K 18:17, 18; 1 Ch 2:7 (cf. Jos 6:18 etc., supr.); ע׳ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ 1 S 14:29. Pf. 3 ms. וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּ֑ר ψ 39:3 my pain was stirred up; Pt. f. נֶעְכָּ֑רֶת Pr 15:6 usually as n. abstr. disturbance, calamity, but וּתְבוּאַת רָשָׁע נִכְרָ֑ת\[ה\] the income of the wicked is cut off (Toy).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָכַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5916/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 39:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.3/)

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נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* I.was.dumb silence I.was.silent from good and pain my it.was.stirred.up

*JPS 1917:* I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.

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[Proverbs 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.6/)

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בֵּ֣ית צַ֭דִּיק חֹ֣סֶן רָ֑ב וּבִתְבוּאַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע נֶעְכָּֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* \[is.the\].house of.a.righteous.\[person\] wealth great and with.\[the\] income of.a.wicked.\[person\] \[is\].trouble

*JPS 1917:* In the house of the righteous is much treasure; but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

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