נָקָה
nâqâh · naw-kaw'
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
- to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively)
- by implication, (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: acquit [idiom] at all, [idiom] altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, [idiom] by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] wholly.
Letters
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָקָה 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
44 occurrences · 44 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall not be unpunished4 · 13%
- unpunished3 · 9%
- will not hold him guiltless2 · 6%
- shall be cut off2 · 6%
- then thou shalt be clear1 · 3%
- then shalt thou be clear1 · 3%
- him be quit1 · 3%
- and that will by no means1 · 3%
- clear1 · 3%
- be thou free1 · 3%
- then she shall be free1 · 3%
- be guiltless1 · 3%
- and by no means1 · 3%
- clearing1 · 3%
- shall i be more blameless1 · 3%
- and be guiltless1 · 3%
- now therefore hold him not guiltless1 · 3%
- that thou wilt not hold me innocent1 · 3%
- me, and thou wilt not acquit1 · 3%
- cleanse1 · 3%
- and i shall be innocent1 · 3%
- her shall not be innocent1 · 3%
- he shall not be unpunished1 · 3%
- shall not be innocent1 · 3%
- and she being desolate1 · 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.