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# יָקֹשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3369

**lay a bait** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

lay a bait [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3369/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָקֹשׁ: vb. lay bait lure lay snares [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3369/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lay a bait or lure (v. מוֹקֵשׁ), then gen. lay snares (v. also נקשׁ, קוֹשׁ)— Pf. יָקֹ֫שְׁתִּי Je 50:24; יָֽקְשׁוּ ψ 141:9; Pt. pl. יוֹקְשִׁים 124:7;—lay snares, fig. of devices of wicked 141:9 (c. acc. cogn.); of י׳’s plan to destroy Babylon Je 50:24 יקשׁתי לך וגם נלכדת; Pt. as subst. bait-layers, fowlers ψ 124:7 (cf. 141:9) sim. Pf. נוֹקַ֫שְׁתָּ Pr 6:2; וְנוֹקְשׁוּ consec. Is 8:15; 28:13; Impf. 2 ms. תִּוָּקֵשׁ Dt 7:25; be caught by a bait, ensnared, in business entanglements Pr 6:2; in disastrous consequences of idolatry Dt 7:25 (‖ נלכד); of those ensnared by י׳’s plans (sq. ונלכדו) Is 8:15; 28:13. Pt. יוּקָשִׁים (for מְיוּקָשִׁים, unless this should be read: Ges§ 52. R. 6; Sta§ 220): entrapped, in circumstances of life Ec 9:12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they will be ensnared (2); I laid a trap (1); \[are\] ensnared (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 6:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.2/#tree)

נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִ֑יךָ נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.have.been.ensnared by the.words your.mouth your you.have.been.caught by the.words your.mouth your

*JPS 1917:* Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth —

[Psalms 141:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.141.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.141.9/#tree)

שָׁמְרֵ֗נִי מִ֣ידֵי פַ֭ח יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

*Word for word:* keep me from.\[the\] hands of.\[the\].trap \[which\].they.have.laid for me and.\[the\] snares of.\[those.who\].do (of).wickedness

*JPS 1917:* Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3369.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3369/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).