נָקַשׁ
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5367
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
knock tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
נָקַשׁ: vb. knock, strike hit, strike bring down Niph. Niph. tree →
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?
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)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [he is] striking down (1); may he strike (1); setting traps (1).
In the verses
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.
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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