H5344 - נָקַב (nâqab)

H5344 נָקַב (nâqab) naw-kab'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)

KJV Usage: appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נָקַב (na.qav) — to pierce. 1) to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pierce, bore 1a2) to prick off, designate 1b) (Niphal) to be pricked off, be designated, be specified

נָקַב (na.qav) — to curse. (Qal) to curse, blaspheme

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

נקב (H5344)

verb · מַקֶּבֶת · נֶקֶב · נְקֵבָה

Impact | verb qal

to pierce = causative action by which humans use a sharp object to make a hole through an object

2KI 18:21 · JOB 40:24 · JOB 40:26 · ISA 36:6 · HAB 3:14 · HAG 1:6

Impact | verb qal

Collocation: נקב חֹר

to bore a hole = causative action by which humans use a sharp object to make a hole through a surface

2KI 12:10

verb

Speak | verb qal

to name, to mention = action by which humans or deities utter words ► for the purpose of sharing information

GEN 30:28 · ISA 62:2

Great | verb qal

notable literally: to be spoken of; hence: = state in which humans are highly regarded, and their names are often on people's lips

AMO 6:1

Dissociate | verb nif

Collocation: נקב בְּשֵׁם

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

NUM 1:17 · 1CH 12:32 · 1CH 16:41 · 2CH 28:15 · 2CH 31:19 · EZR 8:20

verb · קבב

Revile

to blaspheme = action by which humans use the name of a deity in an inappropriate way

LEV 24:11 · LEV 24:16 · LEV 24:16

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[נָקַב] vb. pierce Qal pierce, bore

prick off, designate, wages

Niph. who were pricked off, designated, by name

base

[נָקַב] vb. curse base