What does נְאָקָה (nĕʾāqāh) mean in the Bible?
נְאָקָה (nĕʾāqāh) is a Hebrew word meaning "a groan".
Hebrew · H5009
נְאָקָה
A groan
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נְאָקָה H5009
Pronunciation nĕʾāqāh
What does נְאָקָה (nĕʾāqāh) mean in the Bible?
נְאָקָה (nĕʾāqāh) is a Hebrew word meaning "a groan".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5009?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include by their groaning (1), like (1), the groaning (1), their groaning (1).
Where does נְאָקָה (nĕʾāqāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 2:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (2), Ezekiel (1), Judges (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 by their groaning 1× Judges 2:18
like 1× Ezekiel 30:24
the groaning 1× Exodus 6:5
their groaning 1× Exodus 2:24
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 2:24 נַאֲקָתָ֑ם to their groaning Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Exodus 6:5 נַאֲקַת֙ to the groaning Noun - feminine singular construct Judges 2:18 מִנַּֽאֲקָתָ֔ם to by their groaning Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Ezekiel 30:24 נַאֲק֥וֹת to like Noun - feminine plural construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 2:24
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Exodus 2 Judges 1 Ezekiel 1
Source forms
מִנַּֽאֲקָתָ֔ם 1x min·na·’ă·qā·ṯām Judges 2:18
נַאֲק֥וֹת 1x na·’ă·qō·wṯ Ezekiel 30:24
נַאֲקַת֙ 1x na·’ă·qaṯ Exodus 6:5
נַאֲקָתָ֑ם 1x na·’ă·qā·ṯām Exodus 2:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine plural construct 1x Ezekiel 30:24
Noun - feminine singular construct 1x Exodus 6:5
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural 1x Exodus 2:24
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural 1x Judges 2:18
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a groan
Source Gloss
a groan
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a groan BDB: groan Usage: groaning.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נְאָקָה is built from this root:
נָאַק H5008
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