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- akedah /ə-kāˈdä or a-kā-dä/ (Hebrew)nounThe binding of Isaac in the Bible, Genesis 22
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AKEDAH — (ʿAqedah; Heb. הָדֵקֲע, lit. binding (of Isaac) ), the Pentateuchal narrative (Gen. 22:1–19) describing God s command to abraham to offer isaac , the son of his old age, as a sacrifice. Obedient to the command, Abraham takes Isaac to the place of … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Akedah — Rembrandt: „Der Engel verhindert die Opferung Isaaks“ Caravaggio: „Die Opferung Isaaks“ … Deutsch Wikipedia
ISAAC — (Heb. יִשְׂחָק ,יִצְחָק), son of abraham and sarah , second of the patriarchs of the people of Israel. Isaac was born when Abraham was 100 years old (Gen. 21:5) and Sarah 90 (17:17), exactly a quarter of a century after the family had migrated… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Opferung Isaaks — Rembrandt: „Der Engel verhindert die Opferung Isaaks“ … Deutsch Wikipedia
ABRAHAM — (originally Abram; Heb. אַבְרָהָם, אַבְרָם), first patriarch of the people of Israel. The form Abram occurs in the Bible only in Genesis 11:26–17:5, Nehemiah 9:7, and I Chronicles 1:26. Otherwise, Abraham appears invariably, and the name is borne … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Binding of Isaac — For the video game by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl, see The Binding of Isaac (video game). The Sacrifice of Isaac by Caravaggio, in the Baroque tenebrist manner The Binding of Isaac Akedah [1] (עקדה) o … Wikipedia
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