עָקֵב

I. עָקֵב noun masculine heel, footprint, hinderpart (Arabic heel, figurative end (of a month), mark, sign, trace; Aramaic עִקְבָּא, hell, footprint, figurative trace, mark (compare Wisdom 2:4 ᵑ6 Praed 13,26 HCT ᵑ6), also end, extremity); — ׳ע absolute 1 Mos 3,15 +, construct עֲקֵב 1 Mos 25,26, plural construct עִקָבֵי Hoj 1,8, עִקְּבֵי 1 Mos 49,17; Dom 5,22, עִקְּבוֺת Sl 77,20; Sl 89,52, etc.; —
\ \ a. heel, of man, 1 Mos 25,26 וְיָדוֺ אֹחֶזֶת בַּעֲקֵב אָחִיו, as object of attack from behind, 1 Mos 3,15 וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵב, Job 18,9 פַּח ׳יאֹחֵז בְּע, Jer 13,22 נֶחְמְסוּ עֲקֵבָ֑יִךְ are treated violently, i.e. are rudely exposed (|| נִגְלוּ שׁוּלַיִךְ); as instrument of attack, Sl 41,10 ׳הִגְדִּיל עָלַי עָ hath made great the heel against me, i.e. given me insidiously a great fall (figurative for taken some cruel advantage of me; compare ὑποσκελίζω); of an animal, 1 Mos 49,17 הַנּשֵׁח עִקְּבֵי סוּם, Dom 5,22
\ \ b. mark of heel, footprint, Hoj 1,8 צְאִילָֿח בְּעִקְבֵי הַצּאֹן, Sl 56,7 יִשְׁמְרוּ עֲקֵבַי they mark my footprints, i.e. watch me insidiously wherever I go Sl 89,52 אֲשֶׁר ֵ˜הרְפוּ עִקְּבוֺת מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ i.e. followed him mockingly, of ׳י (figurative) Sl 77,20 עִקְּבוֺתֶיךָ לֹא נוֺדָ֑עוּ thy footprints were not known (the waters closing over them). c hinder-part, rear (of a troop of men), 1 Mos 49,19 וְהוּא יָגוּב עָקֵב׃ (read עֲקֵבָם ׃ אָשֵׁר) he will troop on their rear, Jos 8,13 עֲקֵבָם (compare Di).