H6124 H6124
Striped, streaked; describing the markings on Jacob's sheep and goats in the breeding narrative
This adjective describes animals with visible stripes or streaks in their coloring, appearing exclusively in the Jacob-Laban livestock narrative of Genesis 30-31. It refers to the distinctively marked sheep and goats that became Jacob's wages through his divinely guided breeding strategy. Spanish 'rayado/rayadas' and German 'gestreift' precisely capture the visual sense of streaked or striped patterning. The word is always used alongside related terms for speckled and spotted animals, forming a vocabulary cluster for livestock markings.
Senses
1. striped — Striped or streaked in color, used exclusively of sheep and goats in the Jacob-Laban breeding account (Gen 30:35-40; 31:8, 10, 12). The adjective describes animals with visible bands or lines in their fleece or hide, distinguishing them from the speckled (נָקֹד) and spotted (טָלוּא) animals also mentioned. Jacob's divinely guided strategy produced these striped animals as his rightful wages. Spanish 'rayado' and German 'gestreift' both convey the linear pattern precisely, while French uses the English loanword 'striped.' 7×
AR["الْ-مُخَطَّطَةُ", "الْمُعَقَّدَةَ", "الْمُعَقَّدِ", "مُخَطَّطَةً", "مُخَطَّطَةٌ", "مُعَقَّدَةً"]·ben["-দাগযুক্ত", "ডোরা-কাটা", "দাগযুক্ত"]·DE["Gestreiftes", "die-gestreiften", "gestreifte"]·EN["striped", "the-striped"]·FR["le-striped", "striped"]·heb["ה-עקדים", "עקד", "עקדים"]·HI["धारीदार"]·ID["belang", "yang belang", "yang-belang"]·IT["il-striped", "striped"]·jav["Ingkang-corak-corak", "ingkang-corak-corak", "ingkang-waris"]·KO["그-줌무늬-있는", "줌무늬-있는"]·PT["listrado", "listrados", "os-listrados"]·RU["полосатые", "полосатым", "полосатых"]·ES["los-rayados", "rayadas", "rayado", "rayados"]·SW["wenye-mistari"]·TR["-çizgili", "Çizgililer", "çizgili", "çizgiliye"]·urd["دھاریدار", "دھاریدار-کی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עָקֹד adj. striped, streaked;—of Jacob’s goats and sheep; as subst. ע׳ Gn 30:40 (coll.), pl. עֲקֻדִּים 31:8(×2); pl. as attrib. 30:35, 39, pred. 31:10, 12.