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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דָּקַר H1856
Pronunciation dāqar
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 It and run me through 3× 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Chronicles 10:4
and drove [the spear] through 1× Numbers 25:8
and only wounded 1× Jeremiah 37:10
and pierced through 1× Jeremiah 51:4
pierced with pain 1× Lamentations 4:9
So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran [his sword] through him 1× Judges 9:54
they have pierced 1× Zechariah 12:10
will be stabbed 1× Isaiah 13:15
will pierce him through 1× Zechariah 13:3
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Numbers 25:8 וַיִּדְקֹר֙ to and drove [the spear] through Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Judges 9:54 וַיִּדְקְרֵ֥הוּ to So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran [his sword] through him Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular 1 Samuel 31:4 וְדָקְרֵ֣נִי to and run me through Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular 1 Samuel 31:4 וּדְקָרֻ֙נִי֙ to and run me through Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular 1 Chronicles 10:4 וְדָקְרֵ֣נִי to and run me through Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Isaiah 13:15 יִדָּקֵ֑ר to will be stabbed Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Jeremiah 37:10 מְדֻקָּרִ֑ים to and only wounded Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural Jeremiah 51:4 וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים to and pierced through Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural Lamentations 4:9 מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים to pierced with pain Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural Zechariah 12:10 דָּקָ֑רוּ to they have pierced Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Numbers 25:8
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 8
Numbers 1 Judges 1 1 Samuel 2 1 Chronicles 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 2 Lamentations 1 Zechariah 2
Source forms
וְדָקְרֵ֣נִי 2x wə·ḏā·qə·rê·nî 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Chronicles 10:4
דָּקָ֑רוּ 1x dā·qā·rū Zechariah 12:10
וּדְקָרֻ֜הוּ 1x ū·ḏə·qā·ru·hū Zechariah 13:3
וּדְקָרֻ֙נִי֙ 1x ū·ḏə·qā·ru·nî 1 Samuel 31:4
וַיִּדְקֹר֙ 1x way·yiḏ·qōr Numbers 25:8
וַיִּדְקְרֵ֥הוּ 1x way·yiḏ·qə·rê·hū Judges 9:54
וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים 1x ū·mə·ḏuq·qā·rîm Jeremiah 51:4
יִדָּקֵ֑ר 1x yid·dā·qêr Isaiah 13:15
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular 2x 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Chronicles 10:4
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural 2x Jeremiah 37:10, Lamentations 4:9
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 51:4
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular 1x 1 Samuel 31:4
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular 1x Zechariah 13:3
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Numbers 25:8
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular 1x Judges 9:54
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 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 definition Source: 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 groups 3 Aligned forms 4
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 2×
Participle passive Jer 37:10 · Lam 4:9 2×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Imperfect Isa 13:15 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 1×
Perfect Zech 12:10 1×
Word Origins
דָּקַר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain