Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3369 - יָקשׁ yaqosh (to lay a bait or lure)

Original Word:	יָקשׁ
Transliteration:	yaqosh
Definition:	to lay a bait or lure
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(yaw-koshe')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fowler lay a snare

A primitive root; to ensnare (literally or figuratively) -- fowler (lay a) snare.

Englishman's Concordance

1) to lure, entice, snare, lay a snare or lure, set a trap
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lay snares (figuratively of devices of wicked)
1a2) fowlers (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be ensnared, be caught by a bait
1c) (Pual) to be entrapped
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 906

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[יָקשׁ] verblay a bait or lure (see מוֺקֵשׁ), then Generally lay snares (see also נקשׁ, קוֺשׁ) —

QalPerfectיָק֫שְׁתִּיJeremiah 50:24; יָָֽקְשׁוּPsalm 141:9; Participle plural יוֺקְשִׁיםPsalm 124:7; — lay snares, figurative of devices of wicked Psalm 141:9 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); of ׳יs plan to destroy Babylon Jeremiah 50:24יקשׁתי לך וגם נלכדר; Participle as substantive bait-layers, fowlersPsalm 124:7 (compare Psalm 141:9) simile

Niph`alPerfectנוֺקַ֫שְׁתָּProverbs 6:2; וְנוֺקְשׁוּ consecutive Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 28:13; Imperfect2masculine singular תִּוָּקֵשׁDeuteronomy 7:25; be caught by a bait, ensnared, in business entanglements Proverbs 6:2; in disastrous consequences of idolatry Deuteronomy 7:25 ("" נלכד); of those ensnared by ׳יs plans (followed by ונלכדו) Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 28:13.

Pu`alParticipleיוּקָשִׁים (for מְיוּקָשִׁים, unless this should be read: Ges^{§ 52}. R. 6; Sta^{§ 220}): entrapped, in circumstances of life Ecclesiastes 9:12.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3369. יָקֹשׁ (yaqosh) — 8 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 7:25
HEB:לָ֔ךְ פֶּ֚ן תִּוָּקֵ֣שׁ בּ֔וֹ כִּ֧י
NAS: it for yourselves, or you will be snared by it, for it is an abomination
KJV: [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination
INT: take or will be snared for is an abomination

Psalm 124:7
HEB:נִמְלְטָה֮ מִפַּ֪ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים הַפַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר
NAS: out of the snare of the trapper; The snare
KJV: out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare
INT: has escaped of the snare of the trapper the snare is broken

Psalm 141:9
HEB:מִ֣ידֵי פַ֭ח יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת
NAS: of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares
KJV: me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins
INT: the jaws of the trap have set the snares do

Proverbs 6:2
HEB: נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־ פִ֑יךָ
NAS:[If] you have been snared with the words
KJV:Thou art snared with the words
INT:have been snared the words of your mouth

Ecclesiastes 9:12
HEB:בַּפָּ֑ח כָּהֵ֗ם יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָֽאָדָ֔ם
NAS: of men are ensnared at an evil
KJV: of men snared in an evil
INT: A snare so are ensnared the sons of men

Isaiah 8:15
HEB:וְנָפְל֣וּ וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ ס
NAS: and be broken; They will even be snared and caught.
KJV: and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
INT: will fall and be broken will even be snared and caught

Isaiah 28:13
HEB:אָחוֹר֙ וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ פ
NAS: be broken, snared and taken captive.
KJV: and be broken, and snared, and taken.
INT: backward be broken snared and taken

Jeremiah 50:24
HEB: יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי לָ֤ךְ וְגַם־
NAS:I set a snare for you and you were also
KJV:I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken,
INT:set were also caught

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