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title: עֲקַלְקַל — crooked · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲקַלְקַל (6128), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: crooked. BDB 1906: adj. intens. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲקַלְקַל

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«עֲקַלְקַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **crooked** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6128 · **BDB:** עֲקַלְקָל

### Glosses

their.twisting (1); twisting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crooked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6128/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. intens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6128/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. intens. crooked;—fpl. אֳרָחוֹת עֲקַלְקַלּוֹת Ju 5:6 i.e. roundabout paths (GFM); sf. עֲקַלִקַלּוֹתָם ψ 125:5 their crookednesses.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲקַלְקַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6128/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 125:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.125.5/)

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וְהַמַּטִּ֤ים עַֽקַלְקַלּוֹתָ֗ם יוֹלִיכֵ֣ם יְ֭הוָה אֶת־פֹּעֲלֵ֣י הָאָ֑וֶן שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and \[those who\].turn.aside their.twisting \[ways\] he will.lead.them.away Yahweh with \[those.who\].do (of \[the\].wickedness peace \[be\].on Israel

*JPS 1917:* But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

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[Judges 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.6/)

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בִּימֵ֞י שַׁמְגַּ֤ר בֶּן־עֲנָת֙ בִּימֵ֣י יָעֵ֔ל חָדְל֖וּ אֳרָח֑וֹת וְהֹלְכֵ֣י נְתִיב֔וֹת יֵלְכ֕וּ אֳרָח֖וֹת עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* in the.days of.Shamgar the.son of.Anath in the.days of.Jael they.ceased roads and walkers of.paths they.walked roads twisting

*JPS 1917:* In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.

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