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title: אָבַק — wrestle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָבַק (79), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: wrestle. BDB 1906: vb.denom. wrestle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָבַק

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«אָבַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wrestle** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 79 · **BDB:** אָבַק

### Glosses

he.wrestled (1); wrestled (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wrestle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/79/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. wrestle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/79/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. wrestle (= get dusty, cf. κόνις, κονίω, v. also StrPirke Aboth, I, 4 מִתְאַבֵּק בַּעֲפַר רַגְלֵיהֶם = sit at their feet; others, e.g. Di, comp. חבק). וַיֵּאָבֵק עִם Gn 32:25; Inf. sf. בְּהֵאָֽבְקוֹ עִם v 26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָבַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/79/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 32:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.25/)

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וַיִּוָּתֵ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב לְבַדּ֑וֹ וַיֵּאָבֵ֥ק אִישׁ֙ עִמּ֔וֹ עַ֖ד עֲל֥וֹת הַשָּֽׁחַר׃

*Word for word:* and he.remained Jacob he alone and he.wrestled a.man with him until came.up the dawn

*JPS 1917:* And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

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[Genesis 32:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.26/)

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וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֖ע בְּכַף־יְרֵכ֑וֹ וַתֵּ֙קַע֙ כַּף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּהֵֽאָבְק֖וֹ עִמּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.saw (dm).that not he.prevailed to him and he.touched (in).the socket his.thigh his and it.was.dislocated the.socket of.the.thigh of.Jacob when wrestled he with him

*JPS 1917:* And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.

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