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עֲקַלָּתֹון S 6129 TWOT 1680b GK 6825 adj. crooked (according to Sm ZAW iv. 213 constellation Draco );— לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ ע׳ Is 27: 1.

עֲקָן S 6130 GK 6826 n.pr.m. in Edom;— וַע׳ Gn 36:2 7, (Ι)ουκαµ , = יַעֲקָן 1 Ch 1:42 , Ωναν, Ιαακαν , etc. ( v. Lag BN 84 Anm.; also בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָ˜ן and בְּאֵרֹת ב׳ י׳ְ ).

עקר ( of foll.; meaning dub. ; cf. Aramaic עִקָּרָא , ܥܶܩܳܪܳܐ (˓eqoro) root; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( ˓aqār ) medicine; Arabic vb. appar. denom. عَقَرَ ( ˓aqara ) extirpate , å עֲקַר id.; NH עָקַר = BH ) .

I . עֵ˜קֶר S 6133, 6134 TWOT 1681a GK 6830, 6831 n.m. offshoot, member ( ? from root ) ;— cstr. ע׳ מִשְׁפַּחַת גֵּר Lv 25:47 a member of a sojourner’s family .

[ עָקַר S 6131 TWOT 1681, 1682 GK 6827, 6828 ] vb. denom. pluck or root up ;— Qal Inf. cstr. לַעֲקֹור c. acc. Ec 3:2 ( opp. נָטַע ). Niph. Impf. 3 fs. עֶקְרֹון תֵּעָקֵר Zp 2:4 (word-play).

עִקֵּר vb. Pi. denom. ( from עֵקֶר or other like word = ( root-sinew ), hamstring ) ;— hamstring horses (on Arabic funeral usage, with camel and horse
v. We Heid. 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 שֹׁור Gn 49:6 they hamstrung an ox .

עָקָר S 6135 TWOT 1682a GK 6829 adj. barren ;— ע׳ of male Dt 7:14 , עֲקָרָה of female v 14 (mankind and beasts), Ex 23:26 ( E ; female); elsewhere of women Gn 11:30 ; 25:21 ; 29:31 (all J ), Ju 13:2 , 3 1 S 2:5 Jb 24:21 ψ 113:9 ( עֲקֶרֶת cstr .); of personif. Zion Is 54:1 .

We J. Wellhousen, History of Israel (trans. by Black).


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