Woe to you having been filled now, for you will hunger. Woe to those laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.
Original word: עָקַר
Transliteration: aqar
Definition (short): uproot
Definition (full): to pluck up, to hamstring, to exterminate
Word Origin:
denominative verb from eqer
Definition: to pluck or root up
NASB Translation: uproot (1), uprooted (1).
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A primitive root; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate -- dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
KJV:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
NASB:
A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
KJV:
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up .
NASB:
For Gaza will be abandoned And Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod will be driven out at noon And Ekron will be uprooted.