BDB6335
עַקְרָב noun masculine scorpion (apparently quadriliteral; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian a‡rabu ; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4045]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 4046]; ᵑ7 עַקְרַבָּא);
< [feminine] as in Late Hebrew, Syriac, Mandaean, Arabic (Levy gives Talmud
[Aramaic] as masculine, but are readings correct?), Nöldeke (privately). — absolute עַקְרָב
Deut 8:15
(collective; of wilderness), plural עַקְרַבִּים
Ezek 2:6 (figurative
of enemies); ׳
יִסַּר בָּע
1Kgs 12:11;
1Kgs 12:14 =
2Chr 10:11;
2Chr 10:14,
i.e. scourges with points, stings. — See also מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים.