זָקֵן
Used: 27 times · Key: 2204 · BDB: זָקֵן
Glosses
he.was.old (12); I.am.old (5); he.is.old (3)
Meaning (OSHB)
be old tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. be become old tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be or become old (cf., according to Thes, Arabic ذَقُونٌa she-camal that lets her lower lip hang down, 3, v. Lane 968; ذِقْنٌ decrepit man)— Pf. 3 ms. זָקֵן Gn 18:12 + 14 times (often hard to disting. from pred. adj. זָקֵן q.v.); 3 fs. זָֽקְנָה Pr 23:22; 2 ms. זָקַנְתָּ 1 S 8:5; זָקַ֫נְתָּה Jos 13:1; 1 s. זָקַנְתִּי Jos 23:2 + 3 times; זָקַ֑נְתִּי Gn 18:13; 27:2; Impf. וַיִּזְקַן 2 Ch 24:15;—be (or become) old Gn 18:12, 13; 19:31; 27:1, 2 (all J), 1 S 2:22; 4:18; 8:1, 5; 12:2; 17:12 2 S 19:33 1 K 1:1, 15 2 K 4:14; also Gn 24:1 (‖ בא בימים), so Jos 13:1(×2); 23:1, 2 (‖ here בָּאתִי בימים), 1 Ch 23:1 (‖ שָׂבַע ימים), 2 Ch 24:15 (‖ id.); Pr 23:22 ψ 37:25 (opp. היה נער); note especially זָקַנְתִּי מִהְיוֹת לאישׁ Ru 1:12 I am too old to belong to a man (husband). only Impf. 3 ms. יַזְקִין inchoat. shew age, grow old = senescere Ew.§ 122c, cf. Di; of youth Pr 22:6; of tree-root Jb 14:8.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «זָקֵן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּה־נָ֖א זָקַ֑נְתִּי לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי י֥וֹם מוֹתִֽי׃
Word for word: and he.said here! please I.am.old not I.know the.day my.death my
JPS 1917: And he said: 'Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.
וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר זָקֵ֖ן שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַיָּ֧שֶׂם אֶת־בָּנָ֛יו שֹׁפְטִ֖ים לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Word for word: and it.was when he.was.old Samuel and he.made (et) sons his judges for Israel
JPS 1917: And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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