נָכֵא

Biblical Hebrew

a stricken spirit — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

a stricken spirit tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָכֵא: adj. id. tree →

The whole BDB entry

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

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: stricken (2); [is] stricken (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 17:22 · tree →

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.

Proverbs 15:13 · tree →

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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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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