עֲקֵידָה, (עָקַד) tying the sacrifice before slaughtering. Tam. IV, 1 וכך היתה עֲקֵידָתוֹ and in this wise it was tied (and laid down); a. e.—Esp. עֲקֵידַת יצחק, or ע׳ the attempted offering up of Isaac. R. Hash. 16ᵃ תקעו … ע׳ יצחק וכ׳ blow before me on a ram’s horn, that I may remember to you the offering of Isaac …, and I account it to you, as if you had offered yourselves before me. Y. Taan. II, 65ᵈ top יי׳ יראה את נזכר להם עקידתו של וכ׳ ‘the Lord shall see’ (Gen. XXII, 14), thou wilt remember to them the offering of Isaac, their ancestor, &c.; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 154ᵇ עקדת יצחק; Gen. R. s. 56 תהא נזכר להם אותה העקדה; Yalk. ib. 101 העבודה הזאת (corr. acc.); a. fr.