Lexical Definition

‎נָקַשׁ‎ nâqash (naw-kash') to snare ^H:V
a primitive root

catch (lay a) snare.

• to entrap (with a noose), literally or figuratively

1) to knock, strike, bring down
1a) (Qal) to strike down
1b) (Niphal) to be thrust after, be impelled
1c) (Piel) to strike at, take aim at
1d) (Hithpael) to be struck
2) (CLBL) to ensnare
2a) (Qal) to ensnare
2b) (Niphal) to be ensnared
2c) (Piel) to lay snares
2d) (Hithpael) to lay snares

See Greek: ἐκζητέω · ἐρευνάω · παγιδεύω · συλλαμβάνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: נְקַשׁ
[‎נָקַשׁ‎] verb knock, strike only in specific sense of hit, strike or bring down (a bird), and only figurative (Ecclus ‎ינקש‎ Eccl 41:2 c striketh against (‎ב‎; margin ‎ונוקש‎), so ‎נוקש ב‎ 13:2c; Late Hebrew knock, strike e.g. the knees, or a door (so Hiph`il); Aramaic (including Biblical Aramaic) ‎נְקַשׁ‎ id., fixit, impegit, percussit, etc. (Arabic strike in, carve, etc., is loan-word Frä¹⁹⁴); — the Hebrew verb apparently means bring down with a [certain kind of] stick, perhaps like a boomerang, see description and illustration in Wilkinson^{gypten 323} WMM^{Asien u. Europa.123f.}); —

Qal Participle ‎נוֺקֵשׁ‎ Ps 9:17* he (‎׳‎‎י‎) striketh down the wicked (so Hup-Now De Che); Vrss Ol Ew Bae Kau We Buhl^Lex read ‎נוֺקַשׁ‎, Niph`al from ‎יקשׁ‎. Niph`al Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תִּנָּקֵשׁ אַחֲרֵיהֶם‎ Deut 12:30 lest thou be thrust (impelled) after them. Pi`el Imperfect ‎יְנַקֵּשׁ‎ Ps 109:11 let the creditor strike at, take aim at (‎ל‎); 3 masculine plural ‎וַיְנַקְּשׁוּ‎ Ps 38:13* (absolute). Hithpa`el Participle ‎מִתְנַקֵּשׁ בְּנַפְשִׁי‎ 1Sam 28:9 why art thou striking at my life?

I, II. ‎נֵר‎, ‎נִר‎, (‎נִיר‎) see ‎נור‎ p. 632f

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