Lexicon
עֶ֫כֶס
e.khes
H5914
H:N-M Hebrew

anklet

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Occurrences
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Hebrew
Language

e.khes denotes an anklet in an ornament list and occurs in a comparison whose precise contribution is unclear.

The attested evidence identifies e.khes with an ankle ornament in Isaiah 3:18; its singular occurrence in Proverbs 7:22 is set within a comparison, but the translation does not isolate its contribution clearly enough to establish a distinct sense.

Senses in use

  1. Ankle ornament · dominant

    In Isaiah 3:18, the masculine plural form occurs in a list of items whose beauty the Lord will remove; the APB renders the list with “anklets.” In Proverbs 7:22, the masculine singular form stands in a comparison about a man following suddenly, but the APB does not clearly show how the term is represented there.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly includes “anklets” in Isaiah 3:18. In Proverbs 7:22 it renders the surrounding comparison about an ox and a fool, without an identifiable English counterpart for the singular form.

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