עקד

From the root עקד (ʿ-q-d), in the paʿal conjugation.

עָקַד • (ʿaqád) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶעֱקַד)

1. to bind, to tie limbs together, especially in the context of sacrifice
   • Tanach, Genesis 22:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אָמַר־לוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּבֶן שָׁם אַבְרָהָם אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיַּעֲרֹךְ אֶת־הָעֵצִים וַיַּעֲקֹד אֶת־יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ וַיָּשֶׂם אֹתוֹ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מִמַּעַל לָעֵצִים׃

     Va-yavóu el ha-maqóm ashér amár lo ha-Elohím va-yíven sham Avrahám et ha-mizbéaḥ va-ya'arókh et ha-ʿetzím va-yaʿaqod et Yitzḥáq bno va-yásem oto ʿal ha-mizbéaḥ mi-máʿal la-ʿetzim.

     And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Rosh Hashanah, 16a:

     אָמַר רַבִּי אָבָּהוּ: לָמָּה תּוֹקְעִין בַּשּׁוֹפָר שֶׁל אַיִל? אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, תָּקְעוּ לְפָנַי בַּשּׁוֹפָר שֶׁל אַיִל, כְּדֵי שֶׁאֶזְכֹּר לָכֶם עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק בֶּן אַבְרָהָם, וּמַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם כְּאִלּוּ עֲקַדְתֶּם עַצְמְכֶם לְפָנַי.

     Amár Rabbi Abáhu: Lamá toqʿín ba-shofár shel áyil? Amár ha-Qadósh Barúkh Hu, taqʿú l'fanái ba-shofár shel áyil, k'déi she-ezkór lakhém ʿaqedát Yitzḥáq ben Avrahám, u-maʿalé aní ʿaleikhém k-ílu ʿaqadtém ʿatsm'khém l'fanái.

     Said Rabbi Abbahu: Why do we blast on the horn of a ram? The Holy Blessed One said, Blast before me on the horn of a ram, so that I remember for you the binding of Isaac son of Abraham, and I will merit it for you as if you bound yourseles before Me.