איכר

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־כ־ר (ʾ-k-r)
1 term

Either borrowed from Aramaic אִכָּרָא (“farmer”) or Akkadian 𒇽𒀳 (ikkarum); compare also Classical Syriac ܐܟܪܐ (ʾakkārā).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /iˈkar/

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• Homophones: עיקר / עִקָּר, אִיקַר

Noun

איכר / אִכָּר • (ikár) m (plural indefinite איכרים / אִכָּרִים, singular construct אִכָּר־, plural construct אִכָּרֵי־)

1. farmer, husbandman
   • Tanach, Jeremiah 51:23a, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     נִפַּצְתִּי בְךָ רֹעֶה וְעֶדְרוֹ וְנִפַּצְתִּי בְךָ אִכָּר וְצִמְדּוֹ

     And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen.

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Arachin, section 6.3:

     רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אִם הָיָה אִכָּר, נוֹתְנִין לוֹ אֶת צִמְדּוֹ.

     Rabbi Eliezer says: if he was a farmer, they leave him his yoke [of oxen].

2. (historical) peasant

Declension

Declension of אִכָּר

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אִכָּר	first	אִכָּרִי		אִכָּרֵנוּ
	definite	הָאִכָּר	second	אִכָּרְךָ	אִכָּרֵךְ	אִכָּרְכֶם	אִכָּרְכֶן
	construct	אִכָּר־	third	אִכָּרוֹ	אִכָּרָהּ	אִכָּרָם	אִכָּרָן
plural	indefinite	אִכָּרִים	first	אכריי / אִכָּרַי		אִכָּרֵינוּ
	definite	הָאִכָּרִים	second	אִכָּרֶיךָ	אכרייך / אִכָּרַיִךְ	אִכָּרֵיכֶם	אִכָּרֵיכֶן
	construct	אִכָּרֵי־	third	אִכָּרָיו	אִכָּרֶיהָ	אִכָּרֵיהֶם	אִכָּרֵיהֶן

References

• H406 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “אִכָּר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 27c
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 48a
• “אכר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• איכר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he