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title: נָקַשׁ — knock · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָקַשׁ (5367), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: knock. BDB 1906: vb. knock, strike hit, strike bring down Niph. Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָקַשׁ

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«נָקַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **knock** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5367 · **BDB:** נָקַשׁ

### Glosses

\[he.is\].striking.down (1); may.he.strike (1); setting.traps (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5367/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. knock, strike hit, strike bring down Niph. Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5367/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. knock, strike, only in specif. sense of hit, strike or bring down (a bird), and only fig. (Ecclus ינקש 41:2c striketh against (ב; margin ונוקש), so נוקש ב 13:2c; NH knock, strike e.g. the knees, or a door (so Hiph.); Aramaic (incl. Biblical Aramaic) נְקַשׁ id., ܢܩܰܫ fixit, impegit, percussit, etc. (Arabic نَقَشَ strike in carve, etc., is loan-wd. Frä194);—the Heb. vb. appar. means bring down with a \[certain kind of\] stick, perhaps like a boomerang, v. descript. and illustr. in WilkinsonManners and Customs of Egypt, (new ed. 1878), ii. 103 f. 109 f. ErmanÆgypten 323 WMMAsien u. Europa 123 f.);— Pt. נוֹקֵשׁ ψ 9:17 he (י׳) striketh down the wicked (so Hup-Now De Che); Vrss Ol Ew Bae Kau We BuhlLex read נוֹקַשׁ, Niph. from יקשׁ. Niph. Impf. 2 ms. תִּנָּקֵשׁ אַחֲרֵיהֶם Dt 12:30 lest thou be thrust (impelled) after them. Impf. יְנַקֵּשׁ ψ 109:11 let the creditor strike at, take aim at (ל); 3 mpl. וַיְנַקְּשׁוּ 38:13 (abs.). Pt. מִתְנַקֵּשׁ בְּנַפְשִׁי 1 S 28:9 why art thou striking at my life?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 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 «נָקַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5367/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.9.17/)

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נ֤וֹדַ֨ע ׀ יְהוָה֮ מִשְׁפָּ֪ט עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בְּפֹ֣עַל כַּ֭פָּיו נוֹקֵ֣שׁ רָשָׁ֑ע הִגָּי֥וֹן סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* he.has.made.himself.known Yahweh justice he.has.done by the.work his.hands his \[he.is\].striking.down \[the\].wicked Higgaion Selah

*JPS 1917:* The LORD hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

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[Psalms 109:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.109.11/)

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יְנַקֵּ֣שׁ נ֭וֹשֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְיָבֹ֖זּוּ זָרִ֣ים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* may.he.strike a.creditor to all that \[belongs\].to him and may.they.plunder strangers property his

*JPS 1917:* Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.

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