עָקַר
a.qar
“to uproot”
Definition
to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate
a primitive root;
- to pluck up, root up 1a) (Qal) to pluck up, root up 1b) (Niphal) to be plucked up Aramaic equivalent: a.qar (*עֲקַר *"be uprooted" H6132)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
עָקַר appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to uproot,
May I never enter their council;may I never join their assembly.For they kill men in their anger,and hamstring oxen on a whim.
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
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