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Genesis 49:6

בְּ סֹדָם אַל תָּבֹא נַפְשִׁי בִּ קְהָלָם אַל תֵּחַד כְּבֹדִי כִּי בְ אַפָּם הָרְגוּ אִישׁ וּ בִ רְצֹנָם עִקְּרוּ שֹׁור
In their secret-council, do not go in, my breath. In their assembly do not be united, my weight. For in their nostril they have slain a man. And in their pleasure1355 they have uprooted1356 an ox.
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From a verb meaning to uproot, #6131 aqar. “A time to plant, a time to uproot him-who-is-planted.” Ecc. 3:2 literal Conjectured to mean “hamstring” an ox which has to do with severing the hamstrings. See Gen. 11:30 also relating to sarah as uprooted (no children). See iqar root #6136 of Jesse in Daniel 4:15, 23, 26.