נְזַק
nᵉzaq · H5142 · Aramaic · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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injury, damage, harm
Process by which a leader's interests are endangered
ExamplesEzra 4:13 “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will be detrimental to the revenue of the kings.
Ezra 4:15 so that a search may be conducted in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and detrimental to kings and provinces, and that they have revolted within it in past days; for this reason that city was laid waste.
Ezra 4:22 “And beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should there be great damage, to the detriment of the kings?”
How it’s used In 6 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
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אַפְּתֹםrevenue 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- מְדִינָהprovince 1
- מֶלֶךְking 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מֶלֶךְking 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְדַעcertify 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָוָאto be 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 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 2 words
- חָבַל châbal · H2254 · to take as pledge, to destroy, to ruin
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to ruin, destroy, damage,' overlapping with נְזַק in the sense of causing harm or destruction, though חָבַל often implies more severe or deliberate destruction.
- שָׁחַת shâchath · H7843 · to be ruined, to be spoiled, to be blemished
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to destroy, ruin, corrupt,' semantically overlapping with נְזַק in the sense of causing damage, though שָׁחַת typically denotes more extensive or moral corruption/destruction.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ζημιόω zēmióō · G2210 · to suffer loss, to forfeit, to be punished
- Greek verb meaning 'to suffer damage or loss,' closely corresponding to the material/financial damage sense of Aramaic נְזַק.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- Ezra 4:22 has the accusatory letter urge, “beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should there be great damage, to the detriment of the kings?”
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5142. nezaq [נְזַק] verb suffer injury (ᵑ7 id.; Assyrian nazâ‡u, injure; on combination…
[נְזַק] verb suffer injury (ᵑ7 id.; Assyrian nazâ‡u, injure; on combination with Arabic impair, see BaES 51 FräBAS iii. 81); —
Pe`al Participle נָזִ֑ק Dan 6:3.
Haph`el injure: Imperfect3feminine singular תְּהַנְזִ֑ק (K§ 33, 2) Ezr 4:13 (accusative of person). Participle active f. construct מַלְכְין מְהַנְזְקַת Ezr 4:15; Infinitive construct מ ׳לְהַנְזָתַ Ezr 4:22 (Kib. d); M§ 48 c קֻת-).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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