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title: עֵקֶר — Eker · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵקֶר (6134), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Eker. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵקֶר

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«עֵקֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eker** — 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:** 6134 · **BDB:** עֵ֫קֶר²

### Glosses

Eker (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eker [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6134/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6134/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Judah 1 Ch 2:27, Ακορ, Ικαρ.

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵקֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6134/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.27/)

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וַיִּהְי֥וּ בְנֵי־רָ֖ם בְּכ֣וֹר יְרַחְמְאֵ֑ל מַ֥עַץ וְיָמִ֖ין וָעֵֽקֶר׃

*Word for word:* and they.were the.sons of.Ram the.firstborn of.Jerahmeel Maaz and Jamin and Eker

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

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