עָכַן (cmp. עכב) to be curved, curled.
Pi. - עִיכֵּן (cmp. עִילָה, סִיבָּה end) to bring about, to cause. Snh. 44ᵇ (play on עָכָן, Josh. VII, 24) זמרי … שעי׳ עוונותיהם וכ׳ his name was Zimri (I Chr. II, 6), but he was named ʿAkhan (Circle), because he caused the punishment of Israel’s sins.