יָקַץ
yâqats · yaw-kats'
to awake (intransitive)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to awake (intransitive)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be) awake(-d).
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to pursue the straight path
The hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָקַץ 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- awoke4 · 36%
- awaked2 · 18%
- so i awoke1 · 9%
- and he awaked1 · 9%
- and he awoke1 · 9%
- and must be awaked1 · 9%
- thee, and awake1 · 9%
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.