עקרב
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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʕaḳrab-. Compare Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab) and Classical Syriac ܥܩܪܒܐ (ʿeqarbā).
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕaqˈraːb/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕaqˈrɔːv/,
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕaqˈrɔv/,
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /akˈʁav/, (backformed from the plural also) /akˈʁab/
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Noun
עַקְרָב • (akráv) m (plural indefinite עַקְרַבִּים, singular construct עַקְרַב־, plural construct עַקְרַבֵּי־)
Declension
Declension of עַקְרָב
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | עַקְרָב | first | עַקְרַבִּי | עַקְרַבֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הָעַקְרָב | second | עַקְרַבְּךָ | עַקְרַבֵּךְ | עַקְרַבְּכֶם | עַקְרַבְּכֶן | |
| construct | עַקְרַב־ | third | עַקְרַבּוֹ | עַקְרַבָּהּ | עַקְרַבָּם | עַקְרַבָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | עַקְרַבִּים | first | עקרביי / עַקְרַבַּי | עַקְרַבֵּינוּ | ||
| definite | הָעַקְרַבִּים | second | עַקְרַבֶּיךָ | עקרבייך / עַקְרַבַּיִךְ | עַקְרַבֵּיכֶם | עַקְרַבֵּיכֶן | |
| construct | עַקְרַבֵּי־ | third | עַקְרַבָּיו | עַקְרַבֶּיהָ | עַקְרַבֵּיהֶם | עַקְרַבֵּיהֶן | |
Proper noun
עַקְרָב • (akráv) m
- (astronomy) Scorpio (Scorpius)
- (astrology) Scorpio (the zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology))
See also
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| טָלֶה (Talé) | שׁוֹר (Shor) | תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omim) | סַרְטָן (Sartan) | ||||||||
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| אַרְיֵה (Aryé) | בְּתוּלָה (Betulá) | מאזניים (Moznayim) | עַקְרָב (Akrav) | ||||||||
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| קַשָּׁת (Kashat) | גְּדִי (Gdi) | דְּלִי (Dli) | דָּגִים (Dagim) | ||||||||