עכן

עכן
עָכַן(cmp. עכב) to be curved, curled. Pi. עִיכֵּן (cmp. עִילָה, סִיבָּה end) to bring about, to cause. Snh.44b (play on עָכָן, Josh. 7:24) זמרי … שעי׳ עוונותיהםוכ׳ his name was Zimri (1 Chr. 2:6), but he was named ʿAkhan (Circle), because he caused the punishment of Israels sins.

Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. . 1903.

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