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title: עָקַד — bind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָקַד (6123), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bind. BDB 1906: vb. bind. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָקַד

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«עָקַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bind** — 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:** 6123 · **BDB:** עָקַד

### Glosses

he.bound (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6123/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6123/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bind (NH id., bind bent limbs together; Arabic عَقَدَ tie, tie fast; Ethiopic ዐቀደ: Syriac ܥܩܰܕ and especially ܥܰܘܩܶܕ bend, twist; 𝔗 עֲקַד as NH, also kneel, cf. Chr. Pal., SchwallyIdiot. 71);— Impf. וַיַּעֲקֹד אֶת־יִצְחָק Gn 22:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «עָקַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6123/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 22:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.22.9/)

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וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ אֶֽל־הַמָּקוֹם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר־ל֣וֹ הָאֱלֹהִים֒ וַיִּ֨בֶן שָׁ֤ם אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֶת־הָעֵצִ֑ים וַֽיַּעֲקֹד֙ אֶת־יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֔וֹ וַיָּ֤שֶׂם אֹתוֹ֙ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ מִמַּ֖עַל לָעֵצִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.came to the place which he.had.said to him (the) God and he.built there Abraham (et) the altar and he.arranged (et) the wood(s) and he.bound (et) Isaac son his and he.put him on the altar from above (to) the wood(s)

*JPS 1917:* And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

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