I. עָקֵב noun masculine heel, footprint, hinderpart (Arabic heel, figurative end (of a month), mark, sign, trace; Aramaic עִקְבָּא, hell, footprint, figurative trace, mark (compare [Wisdom 2:4] ᵑ6 [Eccl 13:26] HCT ᵑ6), also end, extremity); — ׳ע absolute [Gen 3:15] +, construct עֲקֵב [Gen 25:26], plural construct עִקָבֵי [Song 1:8], עִקְּבֵי [Gen 49:17]; [Judg 5:22], עִקְּבוֺת [Ps 77:20]; [Ps 89:52], etc.; —
\ \ a. heel, of man, [Gen 25:26] וְיָדוֺ אֹחֶזֶת בַּעֲקֵב אָחִיו, as object of attack from behind, [Gen 3:15] וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵב, [Job 18:9] פַּח ׳יאֹחֵז בְּע, [Jer 13:22] נֶחְמְסוּ עֲקֵבָ֑יִךְ are treated violently, i.e. are rudely exposed (|| נִגְלוּ שׁוּלַיִךְ); as instrument of attack, [Ps 41:10] ׳הִגְדִּיל עָלַי עָ hath made great the heel against me, i.e. given me insidiously a great fall (figurative for taken some cruel advantage of me; compare ὑποσκελίζω); of an animal, [Gen 49:17] הַנּשֵׁח עִקְּבֵי סוּם, [Judg 5:22]
\ \ b. mark of heel, footprint, [Song 1:8] צְאִילָֿח בְּעִקְבֵי הַצּאֹן, [Ps 56:7] יִשְׁמְרוּ עֲקֵבַי they mark my footprints, i.e. watch me insidiously wherever I go [Ps 89:52] אֲשֶׁר ֵהרְפוּ עִקְּבוֺת מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ i.e. followed him mockingly, of ׳י (figurative) [Ps 77:20] עִקְּבוֺתֶיךָ לֹא נוֺדָ֑עוּ thy footprints were not known (the waters closing over them). c hinder-part, rear (of a troop of men), [Gen 49:19] וְהוּא יָגוּב עָקֵב׃ (read עֲקֵבָם ׃ אָשֵׁר) he will troop on their rear, [Josh 8:13] עֲקֵבָם (compare Di).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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