יָקַע

ya.qato dislocate/hangHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb8 occurrences5 books8 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to sever oneself, i.e. (by implication) to be dislocated; figuratively, to abandon; causatively, to impale (and thus allow to drop to pieces by rotting)
Traditional renderings: be alienated, depart, hang (up), be out of joint.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

8 total
  1. Genesis 32:25וַתֵּ֙קַע֙ · and dislocated
    When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
  2. Numbers 25:4וְהוֹקַ֥ע · and execute
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”
  3. 2 Samuel 21:6וְהוֹקַֽעֲנוּם֙ · so that we may hang them
    …let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
  4. 2 Samuel 21:9וַיֹּקִיעֻ֤ם · and they hanged them
    And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
  5. 2 Samuel 21:13הַמּוּקָעִֽים׃ · of those who had been hanged
    So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
  6. Jeremiah 6:8תֵּקַ֥ע · will turn away
    Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
  7. Ezekiel 23:17וַתֵּ֥קַע · in disgust
    Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
  8. Ezekiel 23:18וַתֵּ֤קַע · in disgust
    When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.