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title: נָאַק — groan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָאַק (5008), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: groan. BDB 1906: vb. groan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָאַק

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«נָאַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **groan** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5008 · **BDB:** נָאַק

### Glosses

he.will.groan (1); they.groan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

groan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5008/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. groan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5008/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. groan (Aramaic נְאַק (rare));— Pf. וְנָאַק consec. Ez 30:24 c. acc. cogn. fig. of Pharaoh before king of Babylon (emend. Co v. נַאֲקָה Impf. Jb 24:12 וִנְאָ֑קוּ.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָאַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5008/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.12/)

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מֵ֘עִ֤יר מְתִ֨ים ׀ יִנְאָ֗קוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂ֥ים תִּפְלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] city men they.groan and.\[the\] throat of.\[those\].fatally.wounded it.cries.for.help and God not he.puts offensiveness

*JPS 1917:* From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; yet God imputeth it not for unseemliness.

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[Ezekiel 30:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.30.24/)

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וְחִזַּקְתִּ֗י אֶת־זְרֹעוֹת֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־חַרְבִּ֖י בְּיָד֑וֹ וְשָׁבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־זְרֹע֣וֹת פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְנָאַ֛ק נַאֲק֥וֹת חָלָ֖ל לְפָנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.make.strong (et) the.arms of.the.king of.Babylon and I.will.put (et) sword my in hand his and I.will.break (et) the.arms of.Pharaoh and he.will.groan \[the\].groans of.\[one\].fatally.wounded before him

*JPS 1917:* And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put My sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

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