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Strong's #3243 - יָנַק
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- to suckle, nurse, suck
- (Qal)
- to suck
- suckling, babe (subst)
- (Hiphil)
- to give suck to, nurse
- nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)
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1318) qn (נק NQ) AC: Suckle CO: Breast AB: Innocent: The pictograph n is a picture of a seed and represents the sons of the next generation, the q is a picture of the sun at the horizon and the drawing in of light. Combined these mean "child drawn in". The bringing in and holding close of an infant to the breast.
A) qn (נק NQ) AC: ? CO: Bowl AB: Innocent: Where the infant suckles.
fm) iqn (נקי NQY) - Innocent: A state of innocence as an infant. [df: ayqn] KJV (44): innocent, guiltless, quit, blameless, clean, clear - Strongs: H5355 (נָקִי)
kf4 ) tiqnm (מנקית MNQYT) - Bowl: From the shape of a bowl that holds liquids like a breast that holds milk. KJV (4): bowl, cup - Strongs: H4518 (מְנַקִּית)
fjm) nfiqn (נקיונ NQYWN) - Innocent: A state of innocence as an infant. KJV (5): innocency, cleanness - Strongs: H5356 (נִקָּיֹן)
B) qqn (נקק NQQ) AC: ? CO: Breast AB: ?
bm ) qiqn (נקיק NQYQ) - Cleavage: A cleft in the rocks. KJV (3): hole - Strongs: H5357 (נָקִיק)
C) qna (אנק ANQ) AC: Cry CO: ? AB: ?: The crying out of a child or one who is helpless.
V) qna (אנק ANQ) - Cry: KJV (4): (vf: Paal, Niphal) cry, groan - Strongs: H602 (אָנַק)
Nf1) eqna (אנקה ANQH) - I. Crying: II. Anaqa:An unknown animal whose sound is like a cry. KJV (5): sighing, crying, groaning, ferret - Strongs: H603 (אֲנָקָה), H604 (אֲנָקָה)
D) qan (נאק NAQ) AC: Cry CO: ? AB: ?: The crying out of one who is helpless.
V) qan (נאק NAQ) - Cry: KJV (2): (vf: Paal) groan - Strongs: H5008 (נָאַק)
Nf1) eqan (נאקה NAQH) - Crying: KJV (4): groaning - Strongs: H5009 (נְאָקָה)
G) qen (נהק NHQ) AC: Cry CO: ? AB: ?
V) qen (נהק NHQ) - Cry: KJV (2): (vf: Paal) bray - Strongs: H5101 (נָהַק)
H) eqn (נקה NQH) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Innocent: The innocence of an infant.
V) eqn (נקה NQH) - Innocent: One who is innocent of a crime or oath. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (45): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) unpunished, guiltless, innocent, clear, cleanse, free, acquit, altogether, cut off, blameless, pure - Strongs: H5343 (נְקֵא), H5352 (נָקָה)
J) qfn (נוק NWQ) AC: Suckle CO: Breast AB: ?
V) qfn (נוק NWQ) - Suckle: KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) nurse - Strongs: H5134 (נוּק)
L) qni (ינק YNQ) AC: Suckle CO: Sapling AB: ?
V) qni (ינק YNQ) - Suckle: KJV (32): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Participle) suck, nurse, suckling, milch, mother - Strongs: H3243 (יָנַק)
bf1) eqini (יניקה YNYQH) - Sapling: A sucking branch. KJV (1): twig - Strongs: H3242 (יְנִיקָה)
gm) qnfi (יונק YWNQ) - Sapling: A sucking branch. KJV (1): plant - Strongs: H3126 (יוֹנֵק)
gf2) tqnfi (יונקת YWNQT) - Sapling: A sucking branch. KJV (6): branch, twig - Strongs: H3127 (יוֹנֶקֶת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect וְיָנַקְתְּ consecutive Isaiah 60:16; וִינַקְתֶּם Isaiah 66:12; Imperfect יִינָ֑ק Job 20:16; אִינָ֑ק Job 3:12; תִּינָ֑קִי Isaiah 60:16; יִינָ֑קוּ Deuteronomy 33:19; תִּינְקוּ Isaiah 66:11; Participle יוֺנֵק Deuteronomy 32:25 7t.; יֹנֵק Numbers 11:12; יוֺנְקִים Psalm 8:3; יוֺנְקֵי Joel 2:16; — suck, of infant at mother's breast, absolute Job 3:12; metaphor of abundance and honour of Jerusalem in future, Isaiah 66:11 absolute; followed by accusative of breast Isaiah 60:16; accusative of milk Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 66:12; followed by accusative ראֹשׁמְּתָנִים Job 20:16 of punishment of wicked; participle followed by accusative יוֺנֵק שְׁדֵי אִמִּי Song of Solomon 8:1; construct יוֺנְקֵישָֿׁדַיִם Joel 2:16; elsewhere as subt., suckling, babe Numbers 11:12; Deuteronomy 32:25 (opposed to אִישׁ שֵׂיבָה); "" עוֺלֵל 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; Psalm 8:3; Jeremiah 44:7; Lamentations 2:11; "" עוֺלָל Lamentations 4:4; compare Joel 2:16; "" גָּמוּל Isaiah 11:8; — on Isaiah 53:2 see יוֺנֵק below
Hiph`il Perfect הֵינִ֫יקָה Genesis 21:7; הֵנִ֫יקוּ Lamentations 4:3; Imperfect suffix וַיֵּנִקֵ֫הוּ Deuteronomy 32:13; 3 feminine singular תֵּינִק Exodus 2:7; וַתֵּ֫נֶק 1 Samuel 1:23; וַתְּנִיקֵ֫הוּ Exodus 2:9; Imperative feminine singular suffix הֵינִקִ֫הוּ Exodus 2:9; Infinitive לְהֵינִיק 1 Kings 3:21; Participle מֵינֶ֫קֶת Exodus 2:7; construct id. Genesis 35:8; מֵנִקְתּוֺ 2 Kings 11:2; מֵינִקְתּוֺ 2 Chronicles 22:11; מֵנִקְתָּהּ Genesis 24:59; מֵינִיקוֺת Genesis 32:16; מֵינִיקִתַיִךְ Isaiah 49:23; — give suck to, nurse, followed by accusative Genesis 21:7; 1 Kings 3:21; Exodus 2:7,9; 1 Samuel 1:23; cause to suck honey, figurative Deuteronomy 32:13 (2accusative); of animals Lamentations 4:3 followed by accusative; participle feminine = nursing, אִשָּׁה מֵינֶקֶת Exodus 2:7 literally a nursing woman, a nurse; ׳מ alone as substantive = nurse Genesis 24:59 (J), Genesis 35:8 (E; דְּבֹרָה), 2 Kings 11:2; 2Che 2 Kings 22:11; metaphor Isaiah 49:23; of camels גְּמַלִּים מֵינִיקוֺת Genesis 32:16.
יָנַק fut. יִינַק [“Ch. יְנַק, Syr. ܝܺܢܶܩ”] to suck, Job 3:12 properly a mother’s breast, followed by acc., Song of Solomon 8:1; Joel 2:16 but used also of other things, as Job 20:16, “he sucked the poison of asps.” Figuratively Isaiah 66:16, “thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles and the breasts of kings thou shalt suck,” i.e. thou shalt be enriched with the wealth of nations and kings. Deuteronomy 33:19, כִּי שֶׁפַע יַמִּים יִינָקוּ “for they shall suck the abundance of the seas,” i.e. of transmarine nations; Isaiah 66:11, 12 Isaiah 66:12. Part. יוֹנֵק
(a) suckling, Deuteronomy 32:25; Psalms 8:3.
(b) a shoot, a sucker, see under the word יוֹנֵק.
Hiphil הֵינִיק to give suck, to suckle, as a mother a child, Genesis 21:7; Exodus 2:7, 1 Samuel 1:23 also used of cattle, Genesis 32:16. Part. מֵינֶקֶת, with suffix מֵינִקְתּוֹ 2 Kings 11:2. Plural מֵינִיקוֹת Isaiah 49:23 (a woman), giving suck, subst. a nurse. As things which are sweet and pleasant to the taste are sucked, hence to cause to taste, to give to eat, any thing sweet, Deuteronomy 32:13.
Derivatives, יוֹנֵק, יוֹנֶקֶת, יְנִיקָה.