The meaning of “יָקַע”
Understanding yâqaʻ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
be alienated, depart, hang (up), be out of joint. - properly, to sever oneself, i.e. (by implication) to be dislocated -...
יָקַע
be alienated, depart, hang (up), be out of joint. - 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) 1) to be dislocated, be alienated 1a) (Qal) to be dislocated, be torn away, be alienated 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to execute slowly (by exposure or impalation) 1b2) to hang 1c) (Hophal) to be executed
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 32:25 | “And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.” Word: יָקַע (yâqaʻ) | |
| Numbers 25:4 | “And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.” Word: יָקַע (yâqaʻ) | |
| 2 Samuel 21:9 | “And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.” Word: יָקַע (yâqaʻ) | |
| Jeremiah 6:8 | “Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.” Word: יָקַע (yâqaʻ) | |
| Ezekiel 23:18 | “So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.” Word: יָקַע (yâqaʻ) |
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