Word

יָקֹשׁ

yâqôsh · H3369 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences

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Thing

Trap, snareHunting74 verses

Meanings

to entrap or ensnare

To set a net or trap so that it is not readily seen, for the purpose of catching animals and birds, associated with aggression and oppression

Examples
Ecclesiastes 9:12 For indeed, a person does not know his time: like fish that are caught in a treacherous net and birds caught in a snare, so the sons of mankind are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.
to entrap, to ensnare

Causative action by which humans try to gain control over other humans in an unjust way, as if they were animals caught in a net or trap

Examples
Deuteronomy 7:25 “The carved images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, or you will be trapped by it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
Psalm 141:9 Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do wrong.
Proverbs 6:2 If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth, Or caught by the words of your mouth,
hunter, fowler

Someone who has made it his profession to catch animals and birds with the help of nets and traps; associated with aggression and oppression

Examples
Psalm 124:7 Our souls have escaped like a bird from the trapper’s snare; The snare is broken and we have escaped.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

7 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: they 3
Not stated: you (one person) 2
בֵּןson 1
Not stated: I 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 7 groups

בin/on/with+ אֵמֶרword 1
בin/on/with+ וֹhim 1
כlike/as+ נָפַלto fall 1
כlike/as+ הֶםthem 1
לto/for+ עֵתtime, moment, period 1
לto/for+ נִיme 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

פַּחtrap 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Control002003002007: The verb describes ensnaring or trapping, exercising control over another through a hidden snare, as in the warning not to be trapped by carved images in Deuteronomy 7:25 and the trap set for the psalmist in Psalm 141:9.
Professions001001003009: The related noun form names the fowler, one whose occupation is trapping birds or prey, as in the trapper's snare from which the soul escapes in Psalm 124:7.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יָקֹשׁyâqôsh · H3369מוֹקֵשׁ môwqêsh · H4170 · trap · 27×יָקוּשׁ yâqûwsh · H3353 · hunter, fowler · 4×יָקוֹשׁ yâqôwsh · H3352 · hunter, fowler · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3369. yaqosh [יָקשׁ] verb lay a bait or lure (see מוֺקֵשׁ), then Generally lay snares…

H3369. yaqosh
[יָקשׁ] verb lay a bait or lure (see מוֺקֵשׁ), then Generally lay snares (see also קוֺשׁ נקשׁ,) —
Qal Perfect יָק֫שְׁתִּי Jer 50:24; יָָֽקְשׁוּ Psa 141:9; Participle plural יוֺקְשִׁים Psa 124:7; — lay snares, figurative of devices of wicked Psa 141:9 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); of ׳יs plan to destroy Babylon Jer 50:24 נלכדר וגם לך יקשׁתי; Participle as substantive bait-layers, fowlers Psa 124:7 (compare Psa 141:9) simile
Niph`al Perfect נוֺקַ֫שְׁתָּ Pro 6:2; וְנוֺקְשׁוּ consecutive Isa 8:15; Isa 28:13; Imperfect2masculine singular תִּוָּקֵשׁ Deu 7:25; be caught by a bait, ensnared, in business entanglements Pro 6:2; in disastrous consequences of idolatry Deu 7:25 (|| נלכד); of those ensnared by ׳יs plans (followed by ונלכדו) Isa 8:15; Isa 28:13.
Pu`al Participle יוּקָשִׁים (for מְיוּקָשִׁים, unless this should be read: Ges§ 52. R. 6; Sta§ 220): entrapped, in circumstances of life Ecc 9:12.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Professions1 occurrence Control7 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0