יׇקְטָן

«יׇקְטָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: Joktan — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 3355 · BDB: יָקִטָן

Glosses

Joktan (2); [was].Joktan (2); of.Joktan (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

Joktan tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. son of Eber, descendant of Shem (DHM in MV comp. his name in Arabic tradition, viz. Ḳaḥtân; the √ √ قحط and وقط being both expl. in Muḥîṭ by ضرب strike, beat; v. Lane1777 ff.)—Gn 10:25, 26, 29 = 1 Ch 1:19, 20, 23, ‘father’ of various tribes of Yemen; 𝔊 Ιεκταν.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «יׇקְטָן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Genesis 10:29

וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥ר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן׃

Word for word: and (et) Ophir and (et) Havilah and (et) Jobab all these [were].the.sons of.Joktan

JPS 1917: and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

1 Chronicles 1:23

וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥יר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן׃ס

Word for word: and (et) Ophir and (et) Havilah and (et) Jobab all these [were].the.sons of.Joktan

JPS 1917: and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

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