נְקָרָה
nᵉqârâh · H5366 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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A narrow opening or long, narrow crack in a rock; regarded as a suitable place for hiding (cleft (in rock))
ExamplesExodus 33:22 and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
Isaiah 2:21 In order to go into the clefts of the rocks and the crannies of the cliffs Before the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- צוּרrock 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 3
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 1 word
- חוֹר chôwr · H2356 · hole, den, socket
- Hebrew term for hole or cavity, semantically close to נְקָרָה as both denote openings or hollows in rock formations, though חוֹר is more general for any hole
In the other Testament 2 words
- ὀπή opḗ · G3692 · hole, opening
- Greek term for an opening or hole in rock/ground, a natural translation equivalent for Hebrew נְקָרָה (cleft/clift) in contexts describing geological features or hiding places
- σπήλαιον spḗlaion · G4693 · cave, den, hideout
- Common Greek term for cave or cavern, a natural rendering for a rock cleft used as a shelter or hiding place
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Landforms001002003
- The word names a cleft or crevice in a rock, used of the clefts where doves and swallows nest (Song of Solomon 2:14's parallel imagery), tying the word to this rocky terrain feature.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5366. neqarah [נְקָרָה] noun feminine hole, crevice; — construct הַצּוּר נִקְרַת Exo…
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
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