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Strong's #1856 - דָּקַר
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- to pierce, thrust through, pierce through
- (Qal) to pierce, run through
- (Niphal) to be pierced through
- (Pual) pierced, riddled (participle)
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2110) rqd (דקר DQR) AC: Pierce CO: ? AB: ?: (eng: dagger - with the exchange of the g and q)
V) rqd (דקר DQR) - Pierce: To pierce through with a sword or other sharp object. KJV (11): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Participle) thrust, pierce, wound, strike - Strongs: H1856 (דָּקַר)
af1) erqdm (מדקרה MDQRH) - Piercing: KJV (1): piercing - Strongs: H4094 (מַדְקֵרָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect3 plural דָּקָ֑רוּ Zechariah 12:10; suffix וּדְקָרֻנִי consecutive 1 Samuel 31:4, וּדְקָרֻהוּ consecutive Zechariah 13:3; Imperfect וַיִּדְקֹר Numbers 25:8, וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ Judges 9:54 — pierce, run through (always with accusative): as retributive Acts , Israelite and Midianite woman Numbers 25:8; false prophet Zechariah 13:3; but also as speedy death Judges 9:54 (Abimelech); 1 Samuel 31:4 a (Saul) = 1 Chronicles 10:4, also 1 Samuel 31:4 b (but strike out Be We after 1 Chronicles 10:4 & so ᵐ5 L 1 Samuel 31:4 b), see also Zechariah 12:10 (compare John 19:37).
Niph`al Imperfect יִדָּקֵר be pierced through, slain Isaiah 13:15 (in conquest of Babylonian by Medes).
Pu`al Participle plural מְדֻקָּרִים pierced, riddled, (i.e. desperately wounded) warriors, Jeremiah 37:10, slain Jeremiah 51:4 ("" חללים); by hunger Lamentations 4:9 ("" חַלְלֵי רָעָב).
דָּקַר fut. O. to thrust through, to pierce, as with a sword or spear. Aram. ܕܩܰܪ, דְּקַר id. Numbers 25:8; Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 31:4.
Niphal, pass. Isaiah 13:15.
Pual id. Jeremiah 37:10, 51:4 Lamentations 4:9, “happier are those slain by the sword than by famine, שֶׁהֵם יָזֻבוּ מְדֻּקָּרִים מִתְּנוּבוֹת שָׂדַי for these waste away, pierced through, (i.e. slain) for want of the produce of the field.” מְדֻקָּרִים is put in this place by a bold figure as to those who perish from famine, as in the former member חַלְלִיִ רָעָב is opposed to חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב (comp. Isaiah 22:2). Vulg. contabuerunt consumti a sterilitate terrœ. Hence, בִּדְקַר, מַדְקְרוֹת and