עָקָר

«עָקָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: barren — 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: 12 times · Key: 6135 · BDB: עָקָר

Glosses

[was].barren (3); a.barren.[woman] (2); barren (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

barren tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. barren tree →

The whole BDB entry

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.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Genesis 11:30

וַתְּהִ֥י שָׂרַ֖י עֲקָרָ֑ה אֵ֥ין לָ֖הּ וָלָֽד׃

Word for word: and she.was Sarai barren there.[belonged].not to her a.child

JPS 1917: And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Job 24:21

רֹעֶ֣ה עֲ֭קָרָה לֹ֣א תֵלֵ֑ד וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְיֵטִֽיב׃

Word for word: [he.is].feeding.on a.barren.[woman] [who].not she.gives.birth and a.widow not he.does.good.to

JPS 1917: He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.

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