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title: יָקַץ — awake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָקַץ (3364), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: awake. BDB 1906: vb. awake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָקַץ

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«יָקַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **awake** — 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:** 3364 · **BDB:** יָקַץ

### Glosses

he.awoke (8); I.awoke (1); he.will.awake (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

awake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3364/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. awake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3364/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. awake (Arabic يَقِظَ wake, be awake)— Impf. יִקָ֑ץ 1 K 18:27; וַיִּיקַץ Gn 28:16 וַיִּיקֶץ Gn 9:24; וַיִּקַץ Ju 16:20 ψ 78:65 1 K 3:15 (v Baer); וָאִיקָ֑ץ Gn 41:21; יִקְֽצוּ Hb 2:7;—awake, Gn 41:4, 7, 21 (E), 1 K 3:15; of Baal 18:27; sq. מִשְּׁנָתוֹ Gn 28:16 (J), Ju 16:14, 20, of Noah, מִיֵּינוֹ Gn 9:24 (J), i. e. from drunken sleep; fig. of י׳ ψ 78:65, i. e. become suddenly active; of enemies Hb 2:7.—Vid. also קיץ Hiph.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָקַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3364/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.65/)

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וַיִּקַ֖ץ כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר מִתְרוֹנֵ֥ן מִיָּֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* and he.awoke like a.sleeper Lord \[the\] like a.warrior overcome from wine

*JPS 1917:* Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.

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[Habakkuk 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.7/)

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הֲל֣וֹא פֶ֗תַע יָק֙וּמוּ֙ נֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָ וְיִקְצ֖וּ מְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹת לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* ? not suddenness will.they.arise \[those who\].pay.interest.to.you and will.they.awake? \[those who.will\].make.you.tremble and you.will.become (into) plunder(s) for them

*JPS 1917:* Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

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