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title: עָקֹד — striped · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָקֹד (6124), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: striped. BDB 1906: adj. striped, streaked. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָקֹד

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«עָקֹד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **striped** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6124 · **BDB:** עָקֹד

### Glosses

striped.\[ones\] (3); \[are\].striped (1); \[the\].striped (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

striped [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6124/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. striped, streaked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6124/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. striped, streaked;—of Jacob’s goats and sheep; as subst. ע׳ Gn 30:40 (coll.), pl. עֲקֻדִּים 31:8(×2); pl. as attrib. 30:35, 39, pred. 31:10, 12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָקֹד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6124/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 30:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.39/)

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וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ הַצֹּ֖אן אֶל־הַמַּקְל֑וֹת וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ הַצֹּ֔אן עֲקֻדִּ֥ים נְקֻדִּ֖ים וּטְלֻאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.in.heat the flock to the branches and they.bore the flock striped.\[ones\] speckled.\[ones\] and spotted.\[ones\]

*JPS 1917:* And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

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[Genesis 31:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.8/)

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אִם־כֹּ֣ה יֹאמַ֗ר נְקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־הַצֹּ֖אן נְקֻדִּ֑ים וְאִם־כֹּ֣ה יֹאמַ֗ר עֲקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־הַצֹּ֖אן עֲקֻדִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* if thus he.said speckled.\[ones\] it.will.be wage\[s\] your and they.bore all the flock speckled.\[ones\] and if thus he.said striped.\[ones\] it.will.be wage\[s\] your and they.bore all the flock striped.\[ones\]

*JPS 1917:* If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked.

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