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title: תָּקַן — become straight · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּקַן (8626), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: become straight. BDB 1906: vb. become straight. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּקַן

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«תָּקַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **become straight** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 8626 · **BDB:** תָּקַן

### Glosses

become.straight (1); he.arranged.in.order (1); make.straight (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

become straight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8626/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. become straight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8626/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. become straight (NH תִּקֵּן arrange, put right; Ecclus 47:9 תיקן set in order; Assyrian taḳânu, be well ordered, especially Pi. as NH; Aramaic ܬܩܶܢ be established, firm, Pa. ܬܰܩܶܢ, תַּקֵּין fix, arrange, prepare, etc.; Palm. Pa. erect);— Inf. cstr. לִתְקֹן Ec 1:15 (opp. מְעֻוָּת bent). Inf. cstr. לְתַקֵּן 7:13 make straight (opp. עִוָּה); Pf. 3 ms. תִּקֵּן 12:9 put straight, arrange in order (proverbs).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּקַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8626/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.1.15/)

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מְעֻוָּ֖ת לֹא־יוּכַ֣ל לִתְקֹ֑ן וְחֶסְר֖וֹן לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל לְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* \[that.which.is\].bent not it.is.able to become.straight and something.missing not it.is.able to be.numbered

*JPS 1917:* That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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[Ecclesiastes 7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.13/)

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רְאֵ֖ה אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י מִ֤י יוּכַל֙ לְתַקֵּ֔ן אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִוְּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* consider (et) the.work of.(the) God (dm) who? is.he.able to make.straight (et) \[that\].which he has.bent.it

*JPS 1917:* Consider the work of God; for who can make that straight, which He hath made crooked?

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