A6132 — עֲקַר (ʻăqar)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H6132
Language: Aramaic
Original: עֲקַר
Transliteration: ʻăqar
Pronunciation: ak-ar
Part of Speech: Verb (denominative)
Root: Denominative from עֵקֶר ("root, stock") — Aramaic cognate of Hebrew H6131 עָקַר
Unique Verses: 1 (token count: 2 — Kethiv and Qere variants)
Books: 1 (Daniel)
First Occurrence: Dan 7:8 — "there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots"
Hapax Legomenon: YES — appears only once in the entire Bible

Lexicon Definition¶

(Aramaic) corresponding to [H6131] :—pluck up by the roots.

BDB Outline: verb denominative Hithpeel — be rooted up — Perfect 3rd person plural (masculine? see K §23,2) אִתְעֲקַ֫רוּ Kethiv, feminine plural אֶתְעֲקַרָה Qere, Daniel 7:8.

Verb Stem Distribution¶

Aramaic stems differ from Hebrew. The Hithpeel (= Ethpeel, etpe.) is the Aramaic passive/reflexive stem corresponding to Hebrew Niphal or Hithpael.

Stem	Count	Typical Meaning
Hithpeel (Ethpeel)	1	be rooted up, be uprooted

Tallied from hebrew_parser.py --verse "Dan 7:8" (parsing: Verb.etpe.Perf.3fp)

Kethiv / Qere note: The Kethiv reads אִתְעֲקַ֫רוּ (masculine plural); the Qere corrects to feminine plural אֶתְעֲקַרָה, agreeing grammatically with קֶרֶן ("horn," feminine noun). Both refer to the same event.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
plucked up by the roots	1	100%

n = 1 unique verse

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Daniel	1	0.3

Confined entirely to the Aramaic section of Daniel (Dan 2:4–7:28). No other OT or NT occurrences.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Forcible Uprooting / Violent Displacement¶

The sole usage describes three of ten horns being violently dislodged "from before" the rising little horn. The passive Hithpeel stem emphasizes that the horns are acted upon — they do not fall of themselves.

Dan 7:8 — "I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots [אֶתְעֲקַרָה]: and, behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."

The image of "plucked up by the roots" draws on agricultural language: complete removal, nothing remaining. The Hebrew cognate H6131 uses the same root for houghing horses (removing from service) and uprooting vines (Zeph 2:4), confirming the core idea of total, violent displacement.

Common Collocations¶

No collocations available — hapax legomenon with only one verse occurrence.

Word Family / Cognates¶

H6131 עָקַר (aqar) — Hebrew cognate verb; "to pluck up by roots, to hamstring, to exterminate" — 7 occurrences (Gen 49:6; Josh 11:6, 9; 2 Sam 8:4; 1 Chr 18:4; Eccl 3:2; Zeph 2:4) (no canonical study yet)
H6133 עֵקֶר (eqer) — Hebrew noun; "stock, offshoot" — 1 occurrence (Lev 25:47)
H6135 עָקָר (aqar) — Hebrew adjective; "barren, childless" — 11 occurrences; uses same root concept of being "uprooted" from lineage

Synonyms¶

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Antonyms¶

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Easily Confused Words¶

No overlapping KJV translations found with other Aramaic words — "plucked up by the roots" is unique to this word.

Semantic Domains¶

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LXX / Theodotion Mapping¶

No LXX alignment data available in database for this Aramaic passage.

Note: The Aramaic chapters of Daniel (2:4–7:28) were rendered into Greek by Theodotion rather than the LXX. The standard tool does not index Theodotion alignments.