The meaning of “נָקַר”
Understanding nâqar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out. - to bore (penetrate, quarry) 1) to bore, pick, dig, pick out 1a) (Qal) to bore...
נָקַר
dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out. - to bore (penetrate, quarry) 1) to bore, pick, dig, pick out 1a) (Qal) to bore, pick, dig 1b) (Piel) to bore out 1c) (Pual) to be dug out
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 16:14 | “Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.” Word: נָקַר (nâqar) | |
| Judges 16:21 | “But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.” Word: נָקַר (nâqar) | |
| 1 Samuel 11:2 | “And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.” Word: נָקַר (nâqar) | |
| Job 30:17 | “My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.” Word: נָקַר (nâqar) | |
| Proverbs 30:17 | “The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.” Word: נָקַר (nâqar) |
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