Lexical Definition

‎דָּקַר‎ dâqar (daw-kar') to pierce ^H:V
a primitive root

pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.

• to stab
• by analogy, to starve
• figuratively, to revile

1) to pierce, thrust through, pierce through
1a) (Qal) to pierce, run through
1b) (Niphal) to be pierced through
1c) (Pual) pierced, riddled (participle)

See Greek: ἐκκεντέω · ἡττάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎דָּקַר‎] verb pierce, pierce through (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎דְּקַר‎, ) —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎דָּקָ֑רוּ‎ Zech 12:10 suffix ‎וּדְקָרֻנִי‎ consecutive 1Sam 31:4, ‎וּדְקָרֻהוּ‎ consecutive Zech 13:3 Imperfect ‎וַיִּדְקֹר‎ Num 25:8, ‎וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ‎ Judg 9:54 — pierce, run through (always with accusative): as retributive act, Israelite and Midianite woman Num 25:8 false prophet Zech 13:3 but also as speedy death Judg 9:54 (Abimelech); 1Sam 31:4 a (Saul) = 1Chr 10:4, also 1Sam 31:4b (but strike out Be We after 1Chr 10:4 & so ᵐ5^L 1Sam 31:4 b), see also Zech 12:10 (compare John 19:37). Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִדָּקֵר‎ be pierced through, slain Isa 13:15 (in conquest of Babylonian by Medes). Pu`al Participle plural ‎מְדֻקָּרִים‎ pierced, riddled, (i.e. desperately wounded) warriors, Jer 37:10, slain Jer 51:4 (|| ‎חללים‎); by hunger Lam 4:9 (|| ‎חַלְלֵי רָעָב‎).

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