Lexical Definition

‎יָקַע‎ yâqaʻ (yaw-kah') to dislocate/hang ^H:V
a primitive root

be alienated, depart, hang (up), be out of joint.

• properly, to sever oneself, i.e. (by implication) to be dislocated
• figuratively, to abandon
• causatively, to impale (and thus allow to drop to pieces by rotting)

1) to be dislocated, be alienated
1a) (Qal) to be dislocated, be torn away, be alienated
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to execute slowly (by exposure or impalation)
1b2) to hang
1c) (Hophal) to be executed

See Greek: ἀφίστημι · παραδειγματίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָקַע‎ verb be dislocated, alienated (Arabic is fall, fall down, fall upon, befal, happen) —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תֵּקַע‎ Jer 6:8 ‎וַתֵּ֫קַע‎ Gen 32:26* + 2 t.; dislocated Gen 32:26* (Jacob's thigh); elsewhere figurative of ‎נפשׁ‎; torn away, alienated from any one, followed by ‎מִן‎ Jer 6:8; Ezek 23:17 followed by ‎מֵעַל‎ vEzek 23:18. Hiph`il Perfect ‎וְהוֺקַעֲנוּם‎ consecutive 2Sam 21:6 Imperfect ‎וַיֹּקִיעֻם‎ v2Sam 21:9 Imperative ‎הוֺקַע‎ Num 25:4 of some solemn form of execution, but meaning uncertain: Aq Ges impale; ᵐ5 ᵑ6 expose (ἐξηλιάζειν, παραδειγματἰζειν); ᵑ7 ᵑ9 crucify; Rs<sup>Rel. Semitic 398</sup> (419) throw down (Arabic ) a rock (compare 2Chr 25:12): + ‎ליהוה‎ 2Sam 21:6 (‎׳‎‎לפני י‎ v2Sam 21:9), Num 25:4. Hoph`al Participle ‎הַמּוּקָעִים‎ 2Sam 21:13 passive of Hiph`il

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