נָקַב

Biblical Hebrew

curse — 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

curse tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָקַב²: vb. curse tree →

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.).

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [one who] slanders (1); he slandered (1); slanders (1).

In the verses

Leviticus 24:16 · tree →

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.

Leviticus 24:11 · tree →

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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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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