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Genesis 26:22

“And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עָתַקʻâthaq · aw-thak'
H6275 · Hebrew
Definition
to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically, to transcribe
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
copy out, leave off, become (wax) old, remove.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יַּעְתֵּ֣ק — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhw3ms
Usage
Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:8Job 9:5Job 14:18Job 18:4Job 21:7

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.