יָנַק
yânaq · yaw-nak'
to suck; causatively, to give milk
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to suck; causatively, to give milk
- to suck
- causatively, to give milk
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The hand that works of the seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָנַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- suck3 · 10%
- and suckling2 · 7%
- and sucklings2 · 7%
- and her nurse1 · 3%
- milch1 · 3%
- nurse1 · 3%
- to thee a nurse1 · 3%
- that she may nurse1 · 3%
- and nurse1 · 3%
- the sucking child1 · 3%
- and he made him to suck1 · 3%
- the suckling1 · 3%
- for they shall suck1 · 3%
- him, even him and his nurse1 · 3%
- him and his nurse1 · 3%
- that i should suck1 · 3%
- he shall suck1 · 3%
- that sucked1 · 3%
- and the sucking child1 · 3%
- thy nursing mothers1 · 3%
- thou shalt also suck1 · 3%
- and shalt suck1 · 3%
- that ye may suck1 · 3%
- then shall ye suck1 · 3%
- and the sucklings1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.