Hebrew · H3243 · unreviewed

יָנַק

To suck ; causatively, to give milk

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יָנַק H3243

What does יָנַק mean in the Bible?

יָנַק is a Hebrew word meaning "to suck ; causatively, to give milk". to suck; causatively, to give milk BDB: suck Usage: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).

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Meaning

to suck ; causatively, to give milk
Extended definition

to suck; causatively, to give milk BDB: suck Usage: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 11×
Participle active 1Sam 15:3 · 1Sam 22:19 · Deut 32:25 · Isa 11:8 · Lam 4:4 · Song 8:1
Imperfect Deut 33:19 · Isa 60:16 · Isa 66:11 · Job 3:12 · Job 20:16
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action
Perfect Gen 21:7 · Lam 4:3
Participle active Gen 32:16
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