What does דָּקַר (dāqar) mean in the Bible?
דָּקַר (dāqar): Piercing action ranging from literal stabbing through bodily deprivation to verbal wounding of reputation
Hebrew · H1856
דָּקַר
To stab ; by analogy, to starve ; figuratively, to revile
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דָּקַרH1856
Pronunciationdāqar
What does דָּקַר (dāqar) mean in the Bible?
דָּקַר (dāqar): Piercing action ranging from literal stabbing through bodily deprivation to verbal wounding of reputation
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How does the BSB render H1856?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and run me through (3), and drove [the spear] through (1), and only wounded (1), and pierced through (1), pierced with pain (1).
Where does דָּקַר (dāqar) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 25:8. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Samuel (2), Jeremiah (2), Zechariah (2), 1 Chronicles (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itand run me through3×1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Chronicles 10:4
and drove [the spear] through1×Numbers 25:8
and only wounded1×Jeremiah 37:10
and pierced through1×Jeremiah 51:4
pierced with pain1×Lamentations 4:9
So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran [his sword] through him1×Judges 9:54
they have pierced1×Zechariah 12:10
will be stabbed1×Isaiah 13:15
will pierce him through1×Zechariah 13:3
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Numbers 25:8וַיִּדְקֹר֙toand drove [the spear] throughConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularJudges 9:54וַיִּדְקְרֵ֥הוּtoSo Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran [his sword] through himConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular1 Samuel 31:4וְדָקְרֵ֣נִיtoand run me throughConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular1 Samuel 31:4וּדְקָרֻ֙נִי֙toand run me throughConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular1 Chronicles 10:4וְדָקְרֵ֣נִיtoand run me throughConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singularIsaiah 13:15יִדָּקֵ֑רtowill be stabbedVerb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularJeremiah 37:10מְדֻקָּרִ֑יםtoand only woundedVerb - Pual - Participle - masculine pluralJeremiah 51:4וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖יםtoand pierced throughConjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine pluralLamentations 4:9מְדֻקָּרִ֔יםtopierced with painVerb - Pual - Participle - masculine pluralZechariah 12:10דָּקָ֑רוּtothey have piercedVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowNumbers 25:8
Aligned rows11
Books represented8
Numbers1Judges11 Samuel21 Chronicles1Isaiah1Jeremiah2Lamentations1Zechariah2
Source forms
וְדָקְרֵ֣נִי2xwə·ḏā·qə·rê·nî1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Chronicles 10:4
דָּקָ֑רוּ1xdā·qā·rūZechariah 12:10
וּדְקָרֻ֜הוּ1xū·ḏə·qā·ru·hūZechariah 13:3
וּדְקָרֻ֙נִי֙1xū·ḏə·qā·ru·nî1 Samuel 31:4
וַיִּדְקֹר֙1xway·yiḏ·qōrNumbers 25:8
וַיִּדְקְרֵ֥הוּ1xway·yiḏ·qə·rê·hūJudges 9:54
וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים1xū·mə·ḏuq·qā·rîmJeremiah 51:4
יִדָּקֵ֑ר1xyid·dā·qêrIsaiah 13:15
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular2x1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Chronicles 10:4
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural2xJeremiah 37:10, Lamentations 4:9
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural1xJeremiah 51:4
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular1x1 Samuel 31:4
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular1xZechariah 13:3
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular1xNumbers 25:8
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular1xJudges 9:54
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular1xIsaiah 13:15
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Piercing action ranging from literal stabbing through bodily deprivation to verbal wounding of reputation
Source Gloss
to stab ; by analogy, to starve ; figuratively, to revile
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Piercing action ranging from literal stabbing through bodily deprivation to verbal wounding of reputation
to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile BDB: pierce Usage: pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
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Form groups3Aligned forms4
Pualintensive passive — intensive action received by the subject2×
Participle passiveJer 37:10 · Lam 4:92×
Niphalpassive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action1×
ImperfectIsa 13:151×
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense1×
PerfectZech 12:101×
Word Origins
דָּקַר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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