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jā´ke (יקה, yaÌ„kÌ£eh, perhaps from Arabic root meaning “carefully religiousâ€; יק×, yaÌ„kÌ£eÌ„', as if from קי×, ḳı̄'): The father of Agur, the author of the sayings recorded in . Nothing is known of either Jakeh or Agur. The immediate connection in the Hebrew text of ha-massaÌ„', “the prophecy†or “burden†(the King James Version “even the prophecy,†the Revised Version (British and American) “the oracleâ€) with ne'um, “oracle†(the King James Version “spake,†the Revised Version (British and American) “saithâ€) is quite exceptional, while the verse is unintelligible and the text, as the Septuagint shows, is evidently corrupt. The best emendation is that which changes ha-massaÌ„', “the prophecy,†into ha-massaÌ„'ı̄, “the Massaite,†or into mimmassaÌ„', “of Massa†(Revised Version margin), Massa being the name of the country of an Ishmaelite tribe (compare ; ; the Revised Version margin). See AGUR.