יָקַע
yâqaʻ · yaw-kah'
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be alienated, depart, hang (up), be out of joint.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to see and know
The hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָקַע 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was alienated2 · 25%
- was out of joint1 · 13%
- and hang them up1 · 13%
- unto us, and we will hang them up1 · 13%
- and they hanged1 · 13%
- of them that were hanged1 · 13%
- depart1 · 13%
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.