יָקַד
yâqad · H3344 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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to burn
State in which a fire is burning up the combustible materials fueling it; associated with anger
ExamplesDeuteronomy 32:22 For a fire has flared in My anger, And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And devours the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Isaiah 10:16 Therefore the Lord, the GOD of armies, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
Leviticus 6:9 “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 4
- אֵשׁfire 3
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְקוֹדburning 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- בin/on/with+ וֹhim 2
- עַדto, as far as, until+ עוֹלָםforever 1
- עַדto, as far as, until+ שְׁאוֹלworld of the dead 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ מִזְבֵּחַaltar 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ כֶםyou 1
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of+ כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תָּמִידalways 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 6 words
- יָצַת yâtsath · H3341 · to set fire on, to set on fire, to kindle
- Both words denote burning and kindling actions; both can mean "kindle" and "burn," and are two distinct Hebrew words for similar burning actions, interchangeable as verbs of fire and combustion.
- לָהַט lâhaṭ · H3857 · to burn, to flame, to kindle
- Both words are verbs of burning and kindling with overlapping senses, both describing setting something on fire or causing it to burn, and are distinct words that could substitute for each other in contexts of combustion.
- בָּעַר bâʻar · H1197 · to burn
- בָּעַר (bâʻar, H1197) has the broader usage (94 occurrences, including the metaphorical “be brutish”), while יָקַד (yâqad, H3344) is rarer (9 occurrences) and more restricted to literal burning and furnace contexts; both denote burning.
- נָשַׂק nâsaq · H5400 · to build a fire, to kindle a fire, to set on fire
- Both words are verbs of burning and kindling with functional overlap.
- שָׂרַף sâraph · H8313 · to burn
- Both lexemes denote burning or kindling actions: both describe setting things on fire or the state of burning.
- דָּלַק dâlaq · H1814 · to burn, to flame, to be fiery
- דָּלַק (dâlaq, H1814) can extend metaphorically to pursuit/persecution actions ("chase, persecute, pursue hotly"), while יָקַד (yâqad, H3344) is attested in hearth/furnace contexts ("[idiom] from the hearth, kindle") without the pursuit extension.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Burn002001001009
- יָקַד means to burn or be kindled, describing the guilt offering's fire that continues to burn on the altar (Leviticus 6:2, 5-6) and the LORD's kindled anger (Deuteronomy 32:22).
- Furnaces001003001001007
- יָקַד ties this burning to a hearth or furnace-like fire, the sustained burning kept alight on the altar's hearth.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3344. yaqad [יָקַד] verb be kindled, burn (Aramaic יְקַד, , burn, intransitive; Arabic ,…
[יָקַד] verb be kindled, burn (Aramaic יְקַד, , burn, intransitive; Arabic , id.) —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יֵקַד Isa 10:16; Isa 10:3feminine singular וַתִּיקַד Deu 32:22; Participle active feminine יֹקֶ֫דֶת Isa 65:5; passive יָקוּד Isa 30:14; — be kindled, figurative of judgment, אֵשׁ כִּיקוֺד יְקֹד יֵקַד Isa 10:16; so burn, Deu 32:22 a fire hath been kindled (קָֽדְחָה) in my wrath, עַדשְֿׁאוֺל וַּתִּיקַד and it burneth unto Sh®°ôl; figurative of people displeasing to כָּלהַֿיּוֺם יֹקֶדֶת אֵשׁ בְּאַמִּי עָשָׁן אֵלֶּה ׳י, Isa 65:5; participle יָקוּד kindled, as substantive מִיָּקוּד אֵשׁ לַחְתּוֺת Isa 30:14 to take fire from that which is knidled, i.e. from the hearth (LgBN 60).
Hoph`al Imperfect3feminine singular תּוּקַד Lev 6:2; Lev 6:5; Lev 6:6; תּוּקָ֑ד Jer 15:14; Jer 17:4; — be burning, burn, of (perpetual) altar-fire Lev 6:2; Lev 6:5; Lev 6:6 (P); figurative of ׳יs judgment, תּוּקָ֑ד עֲלֵיכֶם בְּאַמִּי קָֽדְחָה אֵשׁ Jer 15:14, similarly Jer 17:4 (compare Deu 32:22 above, as probably source of both).
[יְקַד] verb burn (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al Participle active feminine תָּא יָקִדְ Dan 3:6, Dan 3:11, Dan 3:15, Dan 3:17, Dan 3:20, Dan 3:21, Dan 3:23, Dan 3:26.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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