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title: דָּקַר — pierce · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּקַר (1856), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: pierce. BDB 1906: vb. pierce, pierce through. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּקַר

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«דָּקַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pierce** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 1856 · **BDB:** דָּקַר

### Glosses

pierced.through (3); pierce (2); they (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pierce [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1856/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pierce, pierce through [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1856/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pierce, pierce through (NH id., Aramaic דְּקַר, ܕܩܰܪ )— Pf. 3 pl. דָּקָ֑רוּ Zc 12:10; sf. וּדְקָרֻנִי consec. 1 S 31:4, וּדְקָרֻהוּ consec. Zc 13:3; Impf. וַיִּדְקֹר Nu 25:8, וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ Ju 9:54—pierce, run through (always c. acc.): as retributive act, Israelite and Midianit. woman Nu 25:8; false prophet Zc 13:3; but also as speedy death Ju 9:54 (Abimelech); 1 S 31:4a (Saul) = 1 Ch 10:4; also 1 S 31:4b (but del. Be We after 1 Ch 10:4 \& so 𝔊L 1 S 31:4 b), see also Zc 12:10 (cf. John 19:37). Impf. יִדָּקֵר be pierced through, slain Is 13:15 (in conquest of Bab. by Medes). Pt. pl. מְדֻקָּרִים pierced, riddled, (i.e. desperately wounded) warriors, Je 37:10, slain Je 51:4 (‖ חללים); by hunger La 4:9 (‖ חַלְלֵי רָעָב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּקַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1856/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 51:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.4/)

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וְנָפְל֥וּ חֲלָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים בְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.fall slain in the.land of.\[the\].Chaldeans and pierced.through in streets its

*JPS 1917:* And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

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[Isaiah 13:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.15/)

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כָּל־הַנִּמְצָ֖א יִדָּקֵ֑ר וְכָל־הַנִּסְפֶּ֖ה יִפּ֥וֹל בֶּחָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* every (the).\[one who.is\].found he.will.be.pierced.through and every (the).\[one who.is\].captured he.will.fall by the sword

*JPS 1917:* Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is caught shall fall by the sword.

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