The meaning of “יָנַק”
Understanding yânaq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling). - to suck - causatively, to give milk 1) to suckle, ...
יָנַק
milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling). - to suck - causatively, to give milk 1) to suckle, nurse, suck 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to suck 1a2) suckling, babe (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to give suck to, nurse 1b2) nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 32:15 | “Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.” Word: יָנַק (yânaq) | |
| Deuteronomy 32:25 | “The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.” Word: יָנַק (yânaq) | |
| 2 Kings 11:2 | “But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.” Word: יָנַק (yânaq) | |
| Psalms 8:2 | “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.” Word: יָנַק (yânaq) | |
| Jeremiah 44:7 | “Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;” Word: יָנַק (yânaq) |