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title: עִקֵּר — hamstring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִקֵּר (6131), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: hamstring. BDB 1906: vb. denom. hamstring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִקֵּר

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«עִקֵּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hamstring** — 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:** 6131 · **BDB:** עִקֵּר

### Glosses

he.hamstrung (3); it.will.be.plucked.up (1); pluck.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hamstring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6131/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. hamstring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6131/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. (from עֵקֶר or other like word = (root-sinew), hamstring);—hamstring horses (on Arabic funeral usage, with camel and horse v. WeHeid. 2, 181). Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ Jos 11:9, Impf. 3 ms. וַיְעַקֵּר 2 S 8:4 = 1 Ch 18:4, 2 ms. תְּעַקֵּר Jos 11:6 all c. acc.; Pf. 3 mpl. עִקְּרוּ שׁוֹר Gn 49:6 they hamstrung an ox.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִקֵּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6131/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.3.2/)

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עֵ֥ת לָלֶ֖דֶת וְעֵ֣ת לָמ֑וּת עֵ֣ת לָטַ֔עַת וְעֵ֖ת לַעֲק֥וֹר נָטֽוּעַ׃

*Word for word:* a.time to bear.a.child and a.time to die a.time to plant and a.time to pluck.up \[that.which.is\].planted

*JPS 1917:* A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

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[Zephaniah 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.4/)

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כִּ֤י עַזָּה֙ עֲזוּבָ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹן לִשְׁמָמָ֑ה אַשְׁדּ֗וֹד בַּֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ יְגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּהָ וְעֶקְר֖וֹן תֵּעָקֵֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) Gaza abandoned it.will.be and Ashkelon \[will become\].(into).a.desolation Ashdod at the noontide(s) people will.drive.it.out and Ekron it.will.be.plucked.up

*JPS 1917:* For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

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