עָקַשׁ

«עָקַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: twist — 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: 5 times · Key: 6140 · BDB: עָקַשׁ

Glosses

[one.who.is].crooked (1); [one.who].makes.crooked (1); it (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

twist tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. twist Niph. tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. twist (NH id. (rare));— Pt. cstr. נֶעְקַשׁ דְּרָכַיִם Pr 28:18 one crooked in ways ( Pf. 3 pl. עִקְּשׁוּ לָהֶם Is 59:8 their paths they have twisted. Impf. 3 mpl. יְעַקֵּ֑שׁוּ Mi 3:9 all that is straight they make crooked; Pt. מְעַקֵּשׁ דְּרָכָיו Pr 10:9 (cf. Niph.). Impf. וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי Jb 9:20 (Ges§ 53 n) he hath declared me crooked, devious (in life).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 28:18

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת׃

Word for word: [one.who].walks blameless he.will.be.delivered and [one.who.is].crooked of.two.ways he.will.fall at one

JPS 1917: Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved; but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Job 9:20

אִם־אֶ֭צְדָּק פִּ֣י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי תָּֽם־אָ֝֗נִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃

Word for word: though I.am.righteous mouth my.own it will.condemn.me.as.guilty [am].blameless I and it declared.me.crooked

JPS 1917: Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.

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