נָקַב
nâqab · H5344 · Hebrew · 19 occurrences
Meanings
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to bore a hole
Causative action by which humans use a sharp object to make a hole through a surface
Examples2 Kings 18:21 “Now behold, you have relied on the support of this broken reed, on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. That is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.
Job 40:24 “Can anyone capture him when he is on watch, Can anyone pierce his nose with barbs?
2 Kings 12:9 Instead, Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD; and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
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to name, to mention
Action by which humans or deities utter words, for the purpose of sharing information
ExamplesGenesis 30:28 He continued, “Name me your wages, and I will give them.”
Isaiah 62:2 The nations will see your righteousness, And all kings your glory; And you will be called by a new name Which the mouth of the LORD will designate.
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to be named, to be designated
Literally: to be called by name; hence: process by which humans are selected from a larger group by having their name called out
ExamplesNumbers 1:17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,
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notable
Literally: to be spoken of; hence: state in which humans are highly regarded, and their names are often on people's lips
ExamplesAmos 6:1 Woe to those who are carefree in Zion, And to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, The dignitaries of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes.
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to blaspheme
Action by which humans use the name of a deity in an inappropriate way
ExamplesLeviticus 24:11 And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
Leviticus 24:16 ‘Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The stranger as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
How it’s used In 9 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
17 occurrences in 8 groups
- Not stated: they 5
- Not stated: he, she or it 4
- Not stated: you (one person) 3
- בֵּןson 1
- פֶּהmouth 1
- הֶםtheir 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
11 occurrences in 8 groups
- שֵׁםname 3
- הָher 2
- חוֹרhole 1
- לְחִיjaw 1
- אַףanger, nose 1
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 9 groups
- בin/on/with+ שֵׁםname 6
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רֵאשִׁיתbeginning, first, best 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שְׁמֹנֶהeight 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- שַׁאֲנָןat ease 1
- בָּטַחto trust, to rely on 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מוּתto die 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֵצִיhalf 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 1
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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Semantic domains 5 entries
- Impact002001001024
- The word describes boring or piercing something through, tying it to a forceful puncturing action.
- Speak002004001009008
- The word is used of designating or naming someone explicitly, as Jacob asks Laban to name his wages (Genesis 30:28) and men are designated by name for the census (Numbers 1:17), tying the word to specifying something by an utterance.
- Great002001002012
- The word's use for a distinguished or singled-out designation ties it to a marking-out of preeminence, a broader evaluative sense than plain naming.
- Dissociate002003002009
- The word can describe setting something apart or separating it out by explicit designation, a broader separative sense than plain naming.
- Revile002004001009012
- The word is used of blaspheming or cursing the divine Name, as the son of the Israelite woman blasphemes the Name and is stoned for it (Leviticus 24:11, 24:16), tying the word to reviling speech against God.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5344. naqab I. [נָקַב] verb pierce (Late Hebrew id.; SI1.1.4 הנקבה the piercing, boring…
I. [נָקַב] verb pierce (Late Hebrew id.; SI1.1.4 הנקבה the piercing, boring through; Aramaic נְקַב, id; נֶקְכָּא hole, etc.; Sinaitic proper name, masculine נקבו Eut 441, 2, נקיבו Eut99, 2; 153, 2 (Lzb325. 326 Cook33); Assyrian na‡bu, depth, spring of water; Arabic perforate, pierce, scrutinize, etc., sagacity, etc.; leader, chief (one who scrutinizes)); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular suffix נְקָבָהּ 2Ki 18:21; Isa 36:6; Isa 36:2masculine singular נָקַבְתָּ; Hab 3:14; Imperfect יִנְקָבֿ Job 40:24, וַיִּקֹּב 2Ki 12:10; suffix יִקָּבֶ֑נּוּ Isa 62:2; Isa 62:2masculine singular תִּקֹּב Job 40:26; Imperative masculine singular נָקְבָה Gen 30:28; Passive participle נָקוּב Hag 1:6; plural construct נְקֻבֵי; Amo 6:1; —
1 pierce, bore with accusative 2Ki 18:21 = Isa 36:6; Hab 3:14 (all in figure), Job 40:24; Job 40:26; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + בְּרַלְתּוֺ חֹר וַיִּקֹּב ב, 2Ki 12:10 and he bored a hole in its lid; נָקוּב צְרוֺר Hag 1:8 a bag pierced, i.e. with a hole in it.
2 prick off, designate, wages Gen 30:28 (J), name Isa 62:2 (׳י subject; compare
Niph`al); passive participle noted, distinguished Amo 6:1.
Niph`al Perfect3plural in phrase בְשֵׁמוֺת נִקְּבוּ (אֲשֶׁר) who were pricked off, designated, by name Num 1:17; 1Ch 12:32 (31 van d. H), 1Ch 16:41; 2Ch 28:3; 2Ch 31:19, compare Ezr 8:20.
II. [נָקַב] verb curse (perhaps akin to I. נקב perhaps secondary formative from קָבַב, q. v. for forms קֹב יִקֹּב,, etc.); —
Qal Infinitive suffix שֵׁם נָקְבוֺ Lev 24:16; Participle י שֵׁם ׳נֹקֵב Lev 24:16 (on text see Di, GeiUrschrift 274 DalmAdonal 44 f.).
I. נקד ( √ of following; Late Hebrew נָקַד point, furnish with points; compare Syriac (very rare) PS2453; noun but also point, mark; verbs perhaps denominative; Arabic point or dot (letter, word, etc.), II. make specks, spots, on garment, etc., probably loan-word Frä195; DiLex. 648 compare Ethiopic be decayed, worm-eaten (of wood, bread, etc.)).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 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
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