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Hebrew · Strong's H3369

יָקֹשׁ

yaqoshyaw-koshe'

to ensnare (literally or figuratively)

1890 spelling: yâqôsh

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to ensnare (literally or figuratively)

Rendered in the KJV as

fowler (lay a) snare.

  • 8
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 6 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 7
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 8 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 7

  • וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ2
  • י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים1
  • יֽוּקָשִׁים֙1
  • יָ֣קְשׁוּ1
  • יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי1
  • נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ1
  • תִּוָּקֵ֣שׁ1

How it is rendered · 7

  • and they will be ensnared2
  • [are] ensnared1
  • [which] they have laid1
  • fowlers1
  • I set a trap1
  • you have been ensnared1
  • you should be ensnared1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 7

  • Hc/VNq3cp2
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/VNq3cp · 2
  • HVNi2ms · 1
  • HVNp2ms · 1
  • HVqp1cs · 1
  • HVqp3cp · 1
  • HVqrmpa · 1
  • HVqsmpa · 1

All 8, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Psalms2 occurrences
Proverbs1 occurrence
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).