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עקב
עקב
Aramaic
Verb
עקב • (transliteration needed)
- to search, to investigate
- to trip (literally "to hold by the heel")
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ע־ק־ב |
Preposition
עֵקֶב • ('ékev) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
References
- “H6118”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Noun
עָקֵב • ('akév) m (plural indefinite עֲקֵבִים or עֲקֵבוֹת, singular construct עֲקֵב־, plural construct עִקְבֵי־ or עִקְבוֹת־)
Declension
Declension of עָקֵב
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | עָקֵב | first | עֲקֵבִי | עֲקֵבֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָעָקֵב | second | עֲקֵבְךָ | עֲקֵבֵךְ | עֲקֵבְכֶם | עֲקֵבְכֶן | |
| construct | עֲקֵב־ | third | עֲקֵבוֹ | עֲקֵבָהּ | עֲקֵבָם | עֲקֵבָן | |
| plural | indefinite | עֲקֵבִים | first | עקביי \ עֲקֵבַי | עֲקֵבֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָעֲקֵבִים | second | עֲקֵבֶיךָ | עקבייך \ עֲקֵבַיִךְ | עִקְבֵיכֶם | עִקְבֵיכֶן | |
| construct | עִקְבֵי־ | third | עֲקֵבָיו | עֲקֵבֶיהָ | עִקְבֵיהֶם | עִקְבֵיהֶן | |
References
- “H6119”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979