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title: עֲקָן — Akan. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲקָן (6130), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Akan. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲקָן

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«עֲקָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Akan. Compare** — 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:** 6130 · **BDB:** עֲקָן

### Glosses

Akan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Akan. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6130/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6130/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Edom;—וַע׳ Gn 36:27, (Ι)ουκαμ, = יַעֲקָן 1 Ch 1:42, Ωναν, Ιαακαν, etc. (v. LagBN 84 Anm.\*\*; also בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָ֑ן and בְּאֵרֹת ב׳ יע׳).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲקָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6130/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.27/)

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אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵי־אֵ֑צֶר בִּלְהָ֥ן וְזַעֲוָ֖ן וַעֲקָֽן׃

*Word for word:* these \[were\].the.sons of.Ezer Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan

*JPS 1917:* These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.

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