עקר ᴵ to pluck, root up.
— Qal - עָקַר v. 1 he plucked, rooted up (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Eccles. 3:2); 2 he moved, removed; 3 he moved (his residence); 4 he abolished (lit. ‘eradicated’).
— Niph. - נֶעֱקַר 1 was uprooted (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Zeph. 2:4); PBH 2 was removed, was destroyed.
— Pi. - עִקֵּר 1 he hamstrung (horses); PBH 2 he uprooted, cut off.
— Pu. - עֻקַּר was uprooted, was destroyed.
— Nith. - נִתְעַקֵּר was plucked, was uprooted. [Aram. (also BAram.) עֲקַר, Syr. עְקַר (= plucked, rooted up), BAram. עִקַּר, Aram. עִקָּרָא, Syr. עֶקָּרָא (= root). Arab. ‘ aqara (= he extirpated), ‘ aqār (= landed property), Ethiop. ‘ aqār (= medicine). cp. עקר ᴵᴵ.] Derivatives: עֵקֶר, עִקָּר, עָקוּר ᴵ, עִקּוּר, עָקִיר, עֲקִירָה, הֵעָקֽרוּת ᴵ.