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title: יָקַע — be dislocated · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָקַע (3363), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be dislocated. BDB 1906: vb. be dislocated, alienated. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָקַע

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«יָקַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be dislocated** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 3363 · **BDB:** יָקַע

### Glosses

it.was.alienated (2); impale (1); it.should.be.alienated (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be dislocated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3363/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be dislocated, alienated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3363/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be dislocated, alienated (Arabic وَقَعَ is fall, fall down, fall upon, befal, happen)— Impf. 3 fs. תֵּקַע Je 6:8; וַתֵּקַע Gn 32:26 + 2 times; dislocated Gn 32:26 (Jacob’s thigh); elsewhere fig. of נפשׁ; torn away, alienated from any one, sq. מִן Je 6:8 Ez 23:17; sq. מֵעַל v 18. Pf. וְהוֹקַעֲנוּם consec. 2 S 21:6; Impf. וַיֹּקִיעֻם v 9; Imv. הוֹקַע Nu 25:4; of some solemn form of execution, but meaning uncertain: Aq Gesimpale; 𝔊 𝔖 expose (ἐξηλιάζειν, παραδειγματίζειν); 𝔗 𝔙 crucify; RSRel; Sem 398 (419) throw down (Arabic أَوْقَعَ) a rock (cf. 2 Ch 25:12): + ליהוה 2 S 21:6 (לפני י׳ v 9), Nu 25:4. Pt. הַמּוּקָעִים 2 S 21:13; pass. of Hiph.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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 «יָקַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3363/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.8/)

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הִוָּסְרִי֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם פֶּן־תֵּקַ֥ע נַפְשִׁ֖י מִמֵּ֑ךְ פֶּן־אֲשִׂימֵ֣ךְ שְׁמָמָ֔ה אֶ֖רֶץ ל֥וֹא נוֹשָֽׁבָה׃פ

*Word for word:* let.yourself.be.instructed O.Jerusalem lest it.should.be.alienated self my from you lest I should.make.you a.desolation a.land \[which\].not it.is.inhabited

*JPS 1917:* Be thou corrected, O Jerusalem, lest My soul be alienated from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

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[2 Samuel 21:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.13/)

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וַיַּ֤עַל מִשָּׁם֙ אֶת־עַצְמ֣וֹת שָׁא֔וּל וְאֶת־עַצְמ֖וֹת יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֑וֹ וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ אֶת־עַצְמ֖וֹת הַמּוּקָעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.up from there (et) the.bones of.Saul and (et) the.bones of.Jonathan son his and they.gathered (et) the.bones of the.impaled.\[men\]

*JPS 1917:* and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

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