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title: נְאָקָה — groan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְאָקָה (5009), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: groan. BDB 1906: n.f. groan, groaning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְאָקָה

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«נְאָקָה» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5009 · **BDB:** נְאָקָה

### Glosses

groaning (2); \[the\].groans (1); the.groaning (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

groan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5009/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. groan, groaning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5009/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. groan, groaning;—cstr. נַאֲקַת Ex 6:5; sf. נַאֲקָתָם Ex 2:24 Ju 2:18; pl. cstr. נַאֲקוֹת Ez 30:24;—groaning of oppressed people Ex 2:24; 6:5 Ju 2:18; of a wounded man Ez 30:24; (𝔊 Co וּבָזַז בִּוָּה for MT וְנָאַק נַאֲקוֹת, but cf. Berthol).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְאָקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5009/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.5/)

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וְגַ֣ם ׀ אֲנִ֣י שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֶֽת־נַאֲקַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִצְרַ֖יִם מַעֲבִדִ֣ים אֹתָ֑ם וָאֶזְכֹּ֖ר אֶת־בְּרִיתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and also I I.have.heard (et) the.groaning of.the.people of.Israel whom Egypt \[are\].compelling.to.labor them and I.have.remembered (et) covenant my

*JPS 1917:* And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant.

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[Exodus 2:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.2.24/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־נַאֲקָתָ֑ם וַיִּזְכֹּ֤ר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־בְּרִית֔וֹ אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶת־יִצְחָ֥ק וְאֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard God (et) groaning their and he.remembered God (et) covenant his with Abraham with Isaac and with Jacob

*JPS 1917:* And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

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