BDB6335 [H6137 H4610]

עַקְרָב noun masculine scorpion (apparently quadriliteral; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian a‡rabu; Ethiopic ; Arabic ; ᵑ7 עַקְרַבָּא);

**< [feminine] as in Late Hebrew, Syriac, Mandaean, Arabic (Levy gives Talmud [Aramaic] as masculine, but are readings correct?), Nöldeke (privately). — absolute עַקְרָב Deut 8:15 (collective; of wilderness), plural עַקְרַבִּים Ezek 2:6 (figurative of enemies); ׳יִסַּר בָּע 1Kgs 12:11; 1Kgs 12:14 = 2Chr 10:11; 2Chr 10:14, i.e. scourges with points, stings. — See also מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים.


The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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