Words

עָתַר H6279

Home gloss

entreat; be entreated (niphal)

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

intreat / pray; was entreated / granted

Note

Urgent pleading (25:21; Exod 8:4–5, 24–26; 2 Sam 24:25); the niphal is the one entreated letting himself be moved. "Pray" is פָּלַל's

Rulings

2

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 25

• 25:21 And Isaac entreated over against his woman, for she was barren; and let himself be entreated by him, and Rebekah his woman conceived.
• 25:21 And Isaac entreated over against his woman, for she was barren; and let himself be entreated by him, and Rebekah his woman conceived.