עֵקֶב m. (b. h.; preced.) rear, consequence; (conj.) in consequence of; (homilet.) end, future world. Deut. R. s. 3 (play on עקב, Deut. VII, 12) אבל שכרן בע׳ אני וכ׳ (not שכרו) but their full reward I shall give you in the end (after death); Yalk. ib. 847 שכר הקרן בע׳ וכ׳. Deut. R. l. c. אני מייסר אתכם עד הע׳ I shall try you to the end (of your lives); עד שתשמרו … עד הע׳ until you shall observe my commandments to the end.
עֵקֶב
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עֵקֶב m. (b. h.; preced. ) rear, consequence ; (conj.) in consequence of ; (homilet.) end, future world . Deut. R. s. 3 (play on עקב , Deut. VII, 12…
References
- Jastrow, עָקֵב 1
- Devarim Rabbah 3:3
- Deuteronomy 7:12