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

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«נָקַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **curse** — 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:נָקַב · **BDB:** נָקַב²

### Glosses

\[one.who\].slanders (1); he.slandered (1); slanders (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

curse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e7_5b7_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. curse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e7_5b7_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. curse (perhaps akin to I. נקב; perhaps secondary format. from קָבַב, q.v. for forms יִקֹּב, קֹב, etc.);— Inf. sf. נָקְבוֹ שֵׁם Lv 24:16; Pt. נֹקֵב שֵׁם י׳ v 16 (on text v. Di, GeiUrschrift 274 DalmanAdonai 44 f.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָקַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e7_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 24:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.24.16/)

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וְנֹקֵ֤ב שֵׁם־יְהוָה֙ מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֔ת רָג֥וֹם יִרְגְּמוּ־ב֖וֹ כָּל־הָעֵדָ֑ה כַּגֵּר֙ כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔ח בְּנָקְבוֹ־שֵׁ֖ם יוּמָֽת׃

*Word for word:* and \[one.who\].slanders the.name of.Yahweh surely.(die) he.will.be.put.to.death surely.(stone) they.will.stone (in) him all the congregation as the sojourner as the native-born when slanders he \[the\].name he.will.be.put.to.death

*JPS 1917:* And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him; as well the stranger, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the Name, shall be put to death.

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[Leviticus 24:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.24.11/)

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וַ֠יִּקֹּב בֶּן־הָֽאִשָּׁ֨ה הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֤ית אֶת־הַשֵּׁם֙ וַיְקַלֵּ֔ל וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ אֹת֖וֹ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וְשֵׁ֥ם אִמּ֛וֹ שְׁלֹמִ֥ית בַּת־דִּבְרִ֖י לְמַטֵּה־דָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.slandered the.son of the.woman (the) Israelite (et) the name and he.cursed and people.brought him to Moses and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Shelomith the.daughter of.Dibri of the.tribe of.Dan

*JPS 1917:* And the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

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