Lexical Definition

‎נָקִי‎ nâqîy (naw-kee') innocent ^H:A
or נָקִיא nâqîyʼ (naw-kee'); (Joel 4:19; Jonah [1:14), from ‎נָקָה‎

blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.

• innocent

1) clean, free from, exempt, clear, innocent
1a) free from guilt, clean, innocent
1b) free from punishment
1c) free or exempt from obligations
2) innocent

See Greek: ἄθωος · ἀληθινός · ἄμεμπτος · ἀναίτιος · δίκαιος · καθαρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָקִי‎ adjective clean, free from, exempt; — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 24:41 + 31 t.; construct ‎נְקִי‎ Ps 24:4 plural ‎נְקִיִּים‎ Jer 2:34 ‎נְקִיִּם‎ Gen 44:10 + 6 t.; —

1. free from guilt, clean, innocent, || ‎נָקִי וְצַדִּיק ׃צַדִּיק‎ Exod 23:7 (E), ‎נָקִי‎: innocent person Job 4:7; Job 17:8; Job 22:19; Job 22:30; Job 27:17; Ps 10:8; Ps 15:5; Prov 1:11 ‎נקיים‎ Job 9:23 ‎דם נקי‎ innocent blood, first used in D, Deut 19:10; Deut 27:25; 1Sam 19:5; 2Kgs 21:16; 2Kgs 24:4; Ps 94:2; Ps 106:38; Prov 6:17; Isa 59:7; Jer 7:6; Jer 22:3; Jer 26:15 ‎דם חנקי‎ Deut 19:13; 2Kgs 24:4; Jer 22:17 ‎הדם הנקי‎ Deut 21:9 ‎דם‎ ‎נקיים‎ Jer 19:4 ‎נָקִיִ מִדְּמֵי‎ 2Sam 3:28 ( + ‎׳‎‎מֵעִם י‎); ‎נְקִי‎ ‎כַפַּיִם‎ Ps 24:4 ‎אביונים נקיים‎ Jer 2:34.

2. free from punishment Exod 21:28 (E) 2Sam 14:9.

3. free, exempt from obligations Gen 44:10 (J); from service in war Num 32:22 (P; + ‎מִן‎ person, see ‎מִן‎ 2 d), Deut 24:5; 1Kgs 15:22 (compare Arabic and Wetzst^{ZMG xxii (1868), 129}); with ‎מן‎, from oaths Gen 24:41 (J) Josh 2:17; Josh 2:19; Josh 2:20 (JE).

‎נָקִיא‎ adjective innocent; — ‎דָּם נָקִיא‎ innocent blood Joel 4:19*; Jonah 1:14 (both Kt; Qr ‎נָקִי‎).

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