{"def":{"short":"to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)","long":["to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse",["(Niphal) to be crooked","(Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked","(Hiphil) to declare crooked","(Qal) perverse"]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"ʕɔːˈk’ɑʃ","ipa_mod":"ʕɑːˈkɑʃ","sbl":"ʿāqaš","dic":"aw-KAHSH","dic_mod":"ah-KAHSH"}}