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Genesis 22:13

וַ יִּשָּׂא אַבְרָהָם אֶת עֵינָיו וַ יַּרְא וְ הִנֵּה אַיִל אַחַר נֶאֶחַז בַּ סְּבַךְ בְּ קַרְנָיו וַ יֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָהָם וַ יִּקַּח אֶת הָ אַיִל וַ יַּעֲלֵהוּ לְ עֹלָה תַּחַת בְּנֹו

And Father-of-Tumult is lifting up אֶת-his eyes, and he is seeing, and behold, a chief753 of the back has been grasped754 in the Interwoven755 by his dual-horns.756 And Father-of-Tumult is walking, and is taking אֶת-the Chief, and is causing him to ascend to an ascension underneath his builder.


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Strong’s #5442, סְבָךְ sebak. Interwoven branches, i.e. thicket. Here only with the definite article. Apparently a specific “thicket”. This is a noun from the verb root סָבַךְ sabak (#5440) to interweave, entwine, plait. The “thicket” in particular is therefore an “internet” of branches which “takes hold” or “grasps” the “ram”.