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title: נָכֵא — a stricken spirit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָכֵא (lemma:נָכֵא), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: a stricken spirit. BDB 1906: adj. id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָכֵא

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«נָכֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a stricken spirit** — 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:** lemma:נָכֵא · **BDB:** נָכֵא

### Glosses

stricken (2); \[is\].stricken (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a stricken spirit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5db_5b5_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5db_5b5_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. id., always f. רוּחַ נְכֵאָה a stricken spirit, Pr 15:13; 17:22 (both opp. לֵב שָׂמֵחַ), 18:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָכֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5db_5b5_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 17:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.22/)

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לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־גָּֽרֶם׃

*Word for word:* a.heart joyful it.makes.good healing and a.spirit stricken it.dries.up \[the\].bone\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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[Proverbs 15:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.13/)

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לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב פָּנִ֑ים וּבְעַצְּבַת־לֵ֝ב ר֣וּחַ נְכֵאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.heart joyful it.makes.good a.face and by sorrow of.heart a.spirit \[is\].stricken

*JPS 1917:* A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

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