Lexical Definition

‎נָקַב‎ nâqab (naw-kab') to pierce ^H:V
a primitive root

appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.

• to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)

1) to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pierce, bore
1a2) to prick off, designate
1b) (Niphal) to be pricked off, be designated, be specified
2) (Qal) to curse, blaspheme

See Greek: διαστέλλομαι · ἐπικαλέομαι · ἐπονομάζω · καταράομαι · ὀνομάζω · συνάγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎נָקַב‎] verb pierce (Late Hebrew id.; SI^1.1.4 ‎הנקבה‎ the piercing, boring through; Aramaic ‎נְקַב‎, id; ‎נֶקְכָּא‎ hole, etc.; Sinaitic proper name, masculine ‎נקבו‎ Eut ^{441, 2}, ‎נקיבו‎ Eut^{99, 2; 153, 2} (Lzb^{325. 326} Cook³³); Assyrian na‡bu, depth, spring of water; Arabic perforate, pierce, scrutinize, etc., sagacity, etc.; leader, chief (one who scrutinizes)); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular suffix ‎נְקָבָהּ‎ 2Kgs 18:21; Isa 36:6 2 masculine singular ‎נָקַבְתָּ‎; Hab 3:14 Imperfect ‎יִנְקָבֿ‎ Job 40:24, ‎וַיִּקֹּב‎ 2Kgs 12:10* suffix ‎יִקָּבֶ֑נּוּ‎ Isa 62:2 2 masculine singular ‎תִּקֹּב‎ Job 40:26* Imperative masculine singular ‎נָקְבָה‎ Gen 30:28 Passive participle ‎נָקוּב‎ Hag 1:6 plural construct ‎נְקֻבֵי‎; Amos 6:1 —

1. pierce, bore with accusative 2Kgs 18:21 = Isa 36:6; Hab 3:14 (all in figure), Job 40:24; Job 40:26* with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + ‎ב‎, ‎וַיִּקֹּב חֹר בְּרַלְתּוֺ‎ 2Kgs 12:10* and he bored a hole in its lid; ‎צְרוֺר נָקוּב‎ Hag 1:8 a bag pierced, i.e. with a hole in it.

2. prick off, designate, wages Gen 30:28 (J), name Isa 62:2 (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject; compare Niph`al); passive participle noted, distinguished Amos 6:1. Niph`al Perfect 3 plural in phrase ‎(אֲשֶׁר) נִקְּבוּ בְשֵׁמוֺת‎ who were pricked off, designated, by name Num 1:17; 1Chr 12:32* (31 van d. H), 1Chr 16:41; 2Chr 28:3; 2Chr 31:19, compare Ezra 8:20.

II. [‎נָקַב‎] verb curse (perhaps akin to I. ‎נקב‎ perhaps secondary formative from ‎קָבַב‎, q. v. for forms ‎יִקֹּב‎, ‎קֹב‎, etc.); —

Qal Infinitive suffix ‎נָקְבוֺ שֵׁם‎ Lev 24:16 Participle ‎׳‎‎נֹקֵב שֵׁם י‎ vLev 24:16 (on text see Di, Gei^{Urschrift 274} Dalm^{Adonal 44 f.}).

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