תָּקַן

«תָּקַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: become straight — 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: 3 times · Key: 8626 · BDB: תָּקַן

Glosses

become.straight (1); he.arranged.in.order (1); make.straight (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

become straight tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. become straight tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. become straight (NH תִּקֵּן arrange, put right; Ecclus 47:9 תיקן set in order; Assyrian taḳânu, be well ordered, especially Pi. as NH; Aramaic ܬܩܶܢ be established, firm, Pa. ܬܰܩܶܢ, תַּקֵּין fix, arrange, prepare, etc.; Palm. Pa. erect);— Inf. cstr. לִתְקֹן Ec 1:15 (opp. מְעֻוָּת bent). Inf. cstr. לְתַקֵּן 7:13 make straight (opp. עִוָּה); Pf. 3 ms. תִּקֵּן 12:9 put straight, arrange in order (proverbs).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 1:15

מְעֻוָּ֖ת לֹא־יוּכַ֣ל לִתְקֹ֑ן וְחֶסְר֖וֹן לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל לְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃

Word for word: [that.which.is].bent not it.is.able to become.straight and something.missing not it.is.able to be.numbered

JPS 1917: That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

רְאֵ֖ה אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י מִ֤י יוּכַל֙ לְתַקֵּ֔ן אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִוְּתֽוֹ׃

Word for word: consider (et) the.work of.(the) God (dm) who? is.he.able to make.straight (et) [that].which he has.bent.it

JPS 1917: Consider the work of God; for who can make that straight, which He hath made crooked?

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