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title: עֲקַלָּתוֹן — crooked · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲקַלָּתוֹן (6129), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: crooked. BDB 1906: adj. crooked. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲקַלָּתוֹן

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«עֲקַלָּתוֹן» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6129 · **BDB:** עֲקַלָּתוֹן

### Glosses

twisting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crooked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6129/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. crooked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6129/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. crooked (according to SmZAW iv. 213 constellation Draco);—לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ ע׳ Is 27:1.

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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 (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 «עֲקַלָּתוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6129/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 27:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.27.1/)

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בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֡וּא יִפְקֹ֣ד יְהוָה֩ בְּחַרְב֨וֹהַקָּשָׁ֜ה וְהַגְּדוֹלָ֣ה וְהַֽחֲזָקָ֗ה עַ֤ל לִוְיָתָן֙ נָחָ֣שׁ בָּרִ֔חַ וְעַל֙ לִוְיָתָ֔ן נָחָ֖שׁ עֲקַלָּת֑וֹן וְהָרַ֥ג אֶת־הַתַּנִּ֖ין אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּיָּֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* in the day (the) that he.will.visit.\[judgment\] Yahweh with sword his (the) fierce and (the) great and (the) mighty on Leviathan a.snake fleeing and on Leviathan a.snake twisting and he.will.slay (et) the.sea monster which \[is\].in the sea

*JPS 1917:* In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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