BDB3702
[יָקשׁ] verb lay a bait or lure (see מוֺקֵשׁ ), then generally lay snares (see also נקשׁ, קוֺשׁ) —
Qal
Perfect
יָק֫שְׁתִּי
Jer 50:24
יָָֽקְשׁוּ
Ps 141:9
Participle plural יוֺקְשִׁים
Ps 124:7 —
lay snares, figurative of devices of wicked Ps 141:9 (with accusative of cognate meaning with
verb); of ׳
י's plan to destroy Babylon Jer 50:24
יקשׁתי לך וגם נלכדר; Participle as substantive bait-layers, fowlers
Ps 124:7
(compare Ps 141:9
) simile
Niph`al
Perfect
נוֺקַ֫שְׁתָּ
Prov 6:2
וְנוֺקְשׁוּ consecutive Isa 8:15; Isa 28:13
Imperfect 2 masculine singular תִּוָּקֵשׁ
Deut 7:25
be caught by a bait, ensnared, in business entanglements Prov 6:2 in disastrous consequences of
idolatry Deut 7:25
(|| נלכד); of those ensnared by ׳
י's plans (followed by ונלכדו) Isa 8:15; Isa 28:13.
Pu`al
Participle
יוּקָשִׁים (for מְיוּקָשִׁים, unless this should be read: Ges«GKC:52»§ 52. R. 6;
Sta§ 220): entrapped, in circumstances of life Eccl 9:12.