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title: עַקְרָב — scorpion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַקְרָב (6137), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: scorpion. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַקְרָב

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«עַקְרָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scorpion** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 6137 · **BDB:** עַקְרָב

### Glosses

scorpions (5); of.scorpions (3); scorpion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scorpion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6137/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6137/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.\* f.\] as in NH Syriac Mand. Arabic (Levy gives Talm. \[Aramaic\] as m., but are readings correct?), Nö (privately). scorpion (appar. quadrilit.: NH id.; Assyrian aḳrabu; Ethiopic ዐቅረብ:; Arabic عَقْرَبٌ; עַקְרַבָּא);—abs. עַקְרָב Dt 8:15 (coll.; of wilderness), pl. עַקְרַבִּים Ez 2:6 (fig. of enemies); יִסַּר בָּע׳ 1 K 12:11, 14 = 2 Ch 10:11, 14, i.e. scourges with points, stings.—Vid. also מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַקְרָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6137/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 1:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.36/)

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וּגְבוּל֙ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י מִֽמַּעֲלֵ֖ה עַקְרַבִּ֑ים מֵהַסֶּ֖לַע וָמָֽעְלָה׃פ

*Word for word:* and the.border of the.Amorite\[s\] \[was\].from.\[the\] ascent of.scorpions from (the) Sela and upward upwards

*JPS 1917:* And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.

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[2 Chronicles 10:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.10.11/)

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וְעַתָּ֗ה אָבִי֙ הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵיכֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֖י בָּֽעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and therefore father my he.loaded on you a.yoke heavy and I I.will.add to yoke your father my he.disciplined you with (the) whips and I with (the) scorpions

*JPS 1917:* And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'

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