--- title: יָנַק — suck · The Tanakh dictionary description: יָנַק (3243), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: suck. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3243.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-3.md)‎ / יָנַק‎ # יָנַק «יָנַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **suck** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 3243 · **BDB:** יָנַק ### Glosses you.will.suck (3); I.will.suck (1); he (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) suck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3243/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3243/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. suck (NH id.; Aramaic יְנַק, ܝܺܢܰܩ, and deriv.; Assyrian enîḳu, suck SASm Asrb. i, Gloss. mušêniḳtu, nurse, Jen ZA, 1886, 402)— Pf. וְיָנַקְתְּ consec. Is 60:16; וִינַקְתֶּם 66:12; Impf. יִינָ֑ק Jb 20:16; אִינָ֑ק 3:12; תִּינָ֑קִי Is 60:16; יִינָ֑קוּ Dt 33:19; תִּינְקוּ Is 66:11; Pt. יוֹנֵק Dt 32:25 + 7 times, יֹנֵק Nu 11:12; יוֹנְקִים ψ 8:3; יוֹנְקֵי Jo 2:16;—suck, of infant at mother’s breast, abs. Jb 3:12; metaph. of abundance and honour of Jerusalem in future, Is 66:11 abs.; sq. acc. of breast 60:16, acc. of milk v 16; 66:12; sq. acc. רֹאשׁ פְּתָנִים Jb 20:16 of punishment of wicked; pt. sq. acc. יוֹנֵק שְׁדֵי אִמִּי Ct 8:1; cstr. יוֹנְקֵי־שָׁדַיִם Jo 2:16 elsewhere as subst., suckling, babe Nu 11:12; Dt 32:25 (opp. אִישׁ שֵׂיבָה); ‖ עוֹלֵל 1 S 15:3; 22:19; ψ 8:3 Je 44:7 La 2:11; ‖ עוֹלָל 4:4, cf. Jo 2:16; ‖ גָּמוּל Is 11:8;—on Is 53:2 v. יוֹנֵק Infr. Pf. הֵינִ֫יקָה Gn 21:7; הֵנִ֫יקוּ La 4:3; Impf. sf. וַיֵּנִקֵ֫הוּ Dt 32:13; 3 fs. תֵּינִק Ex 2:7; וַתֵּ֫נֶק 1 S 1:23; וַתְּנִיקֵ֫הוּ Ex 2:9; Imv. fs. sf. הֵינִקִ֫הוּ v 9; Inf. לְהֵינִיק 1 K 3:21; Pt. מֵינֶ֫קֶת Ex 2:7; cstr. id. Gn 35:8; מֵנִקְתּוֹ 2 K 11:2; מֵינִקְתּוֹ 2 Ch 22:11; מֵנִקְתָּהּ Gn 24:59; מֵינִיקוֹת 32:16; מֵינִיקֹתַיִךְ Is 49:23;—give suck to, nurse, sq. acc. Gn 21:7 1 K 3:21 Ex 2:7, 9; 1 S 1:23; cause to suck honey, fig. Dt 32:13 (2 acc.); of animals La 4:3 sq. acc.; pt. fem. = nursing, אִשָּׁה מֵינֶקֶת Ex 2:7 lit. a nursing woman, a nurse; מ׳ alone as subst. = nurse Gn 24:59 (J), 35:8 (E דְּבֹרָה), 2 K 11:2; 2 Ch 22:11; metaph. Is 49:23; of camels גְּמַלִּים מֵינִיקוֹת Gn 32:16. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יָנַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3243/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 20:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.16/) רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ לְשׁ֣וֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃ *Word for word:* \[the\].poison of.cobras he.sucks it slays.him \[the\].tongue of.a.viper *JPS 1917:* He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him. [Job 3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.12/) מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּנִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּמַה־שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק׃ *Word for word:* why? did they.receive.me knees and why? two.breasts (cmp) I.will.suck *JPS 1917:* Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck? - ← previous: [יָנַק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3126.md) - next →: [יַנְשׁוּף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3244.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-3.md)