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title: עׇקְבָה — insidiousness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עׇקְבָה (6122), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: insidiousness. BDB 1906: n.f. insidiousness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עׇקְבָה

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«עׇקְבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **insidiousness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6122 · **BDB:** עָקְבָה

### Glosses

guile (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

insidiousness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6122/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. insidiousness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6122/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. insidiousness, 2 K 10:19 וְיֵהוּא עָשָׂה בְע׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עׇקְבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6122/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 10:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.19/)

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וְעַתָּ֣ה כָל־נְבִיאֵ֣י הַבַּ֡עַל כָּל־עֹבְדָ֣יו וְכָל־כֹּהֲנָיו֩ קִרְא֨וּ אֵלַ֜י אִ֣ישׁ אַל־יִפָּקֵ֗ד כִּי֩ זֶ֨בַח גָּד֥וֹל לִי֙ לַבַּ֔עַל כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יִפָּקֵ֖ד לֹ֣א יִֽחְיֶ֑ה וְיֵהוּא֙ עָשָׂ֣ה בְעָקְבָּ֔ה לְמַ֥עַן הַאֲבִ֖יד אֶת־עֹבְדֵ֥י הַבָּֽעַל׃

*Word for word:* and therefore all the.prophets of.(the) Baal all \[those who\].serve.him and all priests his summon to me anyone not let.him.be.missing (dm) a.sacrifice great \[belongs\].to me to (the) Baal any \[one\].who he.will.be.missing not he.will.live and Jehu he.acted with guile so.as to.destroy (et) \[those.who\].serve (of \[the\].Baal

*JPS 1917:* Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests, let none be wanting; for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live.' But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

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