5361. naqa

Berean Strong's Lexicon

naqa: To be clean, to be free, to be innocent, to be exempt

Original Word: נָקָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: naqa
Pronunciation: naw-kaw'
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kah')
Definition: To be clean, to be free, to be innocent, to be exempt
Meaning: to feel aversion

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2513 (katharos) - clean, pure

- G1344 (dikaioo) - to justify, to declare righteous

Usage: The Hebrew verb "naqa" primarily conveys the idea of being clean or free from guilt, obligation, or punishment. It is often used in contexts where innocence is declared or where a person or object is purified or exempted from a particular condition or consequence. The term can also imply being acquitted or cleared of charges.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite society, concepts of purity and innocence were deeply embedded in both religious and legal practices. The idea of being "clean" was not only a physical state but also a spiritual and moral condition. Ritual purity was essential for participation in religious activities, and legal innocence was crucial for maintaining social justice. The verb "naqa" reflects these cultural values, emphasizing the importance of being free from defilement or guilt.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be alienated or estranged
NASB Translation
alienated (2), become disgusted (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[נָקַע] verb be [severed, figurative] alienated, estranged (compare Arabic split, rend, sacrifice RS^{Semitic i. 471 f.; 2d ed. 491}; Ethiopic split up, open (intransitive) Di⁶⁴⁷; Late Hebrew נֶקַע cleft, Syriac id.); —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular נָָֽקְעָה נַפְשִׁי מֵעַל Ezekiel 23:18 my soul was estranged from her sister ("" יָקַע), compare Ezekiel 23:22; Ezekiel 23:28 (both with מִן).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

be alienated

A primitive root; to feel aversion -- be alienated.

Forms and Transliterations

נָקְעָ֥ה נקעה nā·qə·‘āh nakeAh nāqə‘āh

Englishman's Concordance

Ezekiel 23:18
HEB: מֵֽעָלֶ֔יהָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י מֵעַ֥ל
NAS: then I became disgusted with her, as I had become disgusted with her sister.
KJV: from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
INT: and after had become my mind with

Ezekiel 23:22
HEB: אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־ נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ מֵהֶ֑ם
NAS: you, from whom you were alienated, and I will bring
KJV: against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring
INT: against whom were alienated mind and I

Ezekiel 23:28
HEB: בְּיַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־ נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ מֵהֶֽם׃
NAS: of those from whom you were alienated.
KJV: [of them] from whom thy mind is alienated:
INT: the hand whom were alienated mind They

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5361
3 Occurrences

nā·qə·‘āh — 3 Occ.