H5367

נָקַשׁ

na.qashH:V

to snare

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[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

[נְקַשׁ] verb knock (see Biblical Hebrew (rare)); —

Pe`al Participle active feminine plural נָָֽקְשָׁן Dan 5:6 of knees knocking דָּא לְדָא.

3 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), I Samuel (1), Psalms (1)