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title: נָקַע — be alienated · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָקַע (5361), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be alienated. BDB 1906: vb. be severed alienated, estranged. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָקַע

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«נָקַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be alienated** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5361 · **BDB:** נָקַע

### Glosses

it.had.been.alienated (1); it.has.been.alienated (1); it.was.alienated (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be alienated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5361/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be severed alienated, estranged [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5361/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be \[severed, fig.\] alienated, estranged (cf. Arabic نَقَعَ split, rend, sacrifice RSSem. i. 471 f.; 2d ed. 491; Ethiopic ነቅዐ split up, open (intrans.) Di647; NH נֶקַע cleft, Syriac ܢܶܩܥܳܐ id.);— Pf. 3 fs. נָֽקְעָה נַפְשִׁי מֵעַל Ez 23:18 my soul was estranged from her sister (‖ יָקַע), cf. v 22, 28 (both c. מִן).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «נָקַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5361/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.28/)

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כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִי֙ נֹֽתְנָ֔ךְ בְּיַ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׂנֵ֑את בְּיַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ מֵהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh here I \[am\].about to.give.you in.\[the\] hand of.\[those\].whom you.hate in.\[the\] hand of.\[those\].whom it.has.been.alienated self your from them

*JPS 1917:* For thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated;

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[Ezekiel 23:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.18/)

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וַתְּגַל֙ תַּזְנוּתֶ֔יהָ וַתְּגַ֖ל אֶת־עֶרְוָתָ֑הּ וַתֵּ֤קַע נַפְשִׁי֙ מֵֽעָלֶ֔יהָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י מֵעַ֥ל אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and she.uncovered prostitution(s) her and she.uncovered (et) nakedness her and it.was.alienated self my from with her just as it.had.been.alienated self my from with sister her

*JPS 1917:* So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness; then My soul was alienated from her, like as My soul was alienated from her sister.

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