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Lexicon :: Strong's H3243 - yānaq

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יָנַק
Transliteration
yānaq
Pronunciation
yaw-nak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 874

Strong’s Definitions

יָנַק yânaq, yaw-nak'; a primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk:—milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H3243 in the following manner: suck (14x), nurse (7x), suckling (6x), sucking child (3x), milch (1x), nursing mothers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H3243 in the following manner: suck (14x), nurse (7x), suckling (6x), sucking child (3x), milch (1x), nursing mothers (1x).

  1. to suckle, nurse, suck

    1. (Qal)

      1. to suck

      2. suckling, babe (subst)

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to give suck to, nurse

      2. nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָנַק yânaq, yaw-nak'; a primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk:—milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
STRONGS H3243: Abbreviations
† [יָנַק] verb suck (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְנַק, bdb041302, and derivatives; Assyrian êniḳu, suck, SASmAssurbanipal i, Gloss, mušeniḳtu, nurse, JenZA, 1886, 402) —
Qal Perfect וְיָנַקְתְּ consecutive Isaiah 60:16; וִינַקְתֶּם Isaiah 66:12; Imperfect יִינָ֑ק Job 20:16; אִינָ֑ק Job 3:12; תִּינָ֑קִי Isaiah 60:16; יִינָ֑קוּ Deuteronomy 33:19; תִּינְקוּ Isaiah 66:11; Participle יוֺנֵק Deuteronomy 32:25 + 7 times; יֹנֵק Numbers 11:12; יוֺנְקִים Psalm 8:3; יוֺנְקֵי Joel 2:16; — suck, of infant at mother's breast, absolute Job 3:12; metaphor of abundance and honour of Jerusalem in future, Isaiah 66:11 absolute; followed by accusative of breast Isaiah 60:16; accusative of milk Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 66:12; followed by accusative ראֹשׁ פְּתָנִים Job 20:16 of punishment of wicked; participle followed by accusative יוֺנֵק שְׁדֵי אִמִּי Songs 8:1; construct יוֺנְקֵישָֿׁדַיִם Joel 2:16; elsewhere as subt., suckling, babe Numbers 11:12; Deuteronomy 32:25 (opposed to אִישׁ שֵׂיבָה); || עוֺלֵל 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; Psalm 8:3; Jeremiah 44:7; Lamentations 2:11; || עוֺלָל Lamentations 4:4; compare Joel 2:16; || גָּמוּל Isaiah 11:8; — on Isaiah 53:2 see יוֺנֵק below.
Hiph. Perfect הֵינִ֫יקָה Genesis 21:7; הֵנִ֫יקוּ Lamentations 4:3; Imperfect suffix וַיֵּנִקֵ֫הוּ Deuteronomy 32:13; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּינִק Exodus 2:7; וַתֵּ֫נֶק 1 Samuel 1:23; וַתְּנִיקֵ֫הוּ Exodus 2:9; Imperative feminine singular suffix הֵינִקִ֫הוּ Exodus 2:9; Infinitive לְהֵינִיק 1 Kings 3:21; Participle מֵינֶ֫קֶת Exodus 2:7; construct id. Genesis 35:8; מֵנִקְתּוֺ 2 Kings 11:2; מֵינִקְתּוֺ 2 Chronicles 22:11; מֵנִקְתָּהּ Genesis 24:59; מֵינִיקוֺת Genesis 32:16; מֵינִיקִתַיִךְ Isaiah 49:23; — give suck to, nurse, followed by accusative Genesis 21:7; 1 Kings 3:21; Exodus 2:7, 9; 1 Samuel 1:23; cause to suck honey, figurative Deuteronomy 32:13 (2 accusative); of animals Lamentations 4:3 followed by accusative; participle feminine = nursing, אִשָּׁה מֵינֶקֶת Exodus 2:7 literally a nursing woman, a nurse; מ׳ alone as substantive = nurse Genesis 24:59 (J), Genesis 35:8 (E; דְּבֹרָה), 2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 22:11; metaphor Isaiah 49:23; of camels גְּמַלִּים מֵינִיקוֺת Genesis 32:16.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:7; 21:7; 24:59; 24:59; 32:16; 32:16; 35:8; 35:8

Exodus

2:7; 2:7; 2:7; 2:7; 2:9; 2:9; 2:9

Numbers

11:12; 11:12

Deuteronomy

32:13; 32:13; 32:25; 32:25; 33:19

1 Samuel

1:23; 1:23; 15:3; 22:19

1 Kings

3:21; 3:21

2 Kings

11:2; 11:2

2 Chronicles

22:11; 22:11

Job

3:12; 3:12; 20:16; 20:16

Psalms

8:3; 8:3

Song of Songs

8:1

Isaiah

11:8; 49:23; 49:23; 53:2; 60:16; 60:16; 60:16; 60:16; 66:11; 66:11; 66:12; 66:12

Jeremiah

44:7

Lamentations

2:11; 4:3; 4:3; 4:4

Joel

2:16; 2:16; 2:16

H3243

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Strong's Number H3243 matches the Hebrew יָנַק (yānaq),
which occurs 32 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 - And she said, Who shall say to Abraam that Sarrha suckles a child? for I have born a child in my old age.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they sent forth Rebecca their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraam, and his attendants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - (LXX 32:16) milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - And Deborrha, Rebecca's nurse, died, and was buried below Bæthel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak of Mourning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - And his sister said to the daughter of Pharao, Wilt thou that I call to thee a nurse of the Hebrews, and shall she suckle the child for thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - And the daughter of Pharao said to her, Take care of this child, and suckle it for me, and I will give thee the wages; and the woman took the child, and suckled it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? that thou sayest to me, Take them into thy bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which thou swarest to their fathers?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - He brought them up on the strength of the land; he fed them with the fruits of the fields; they sucked honey out of the rock, and oil out of the solid rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, and terror shall issue out of the secret chambers; the young man shall perish with the virgin, the suckling with him who has grown old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 - They shall utterly destroy the nations, and ye shall call men there, and there offer the sacrifice of righteousness; for the wealth of the sea shall suckle thee, and so shall the marts of them that dwell by the sea-coast.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalec and [fn]Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And he smote Nomba the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both man and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - And I arose in the morning to suckle my son, and he was dead: and, behold, I considered him in the morning, and, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - And Josabee daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of her brother, and stole him from among the king's sons that were put to death, secreting him and his nurse in the bedchamber, and hid him from the face of Gotholia, and he was not slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Josabeeth, the daughter of the king, took Joas the son of Ochozias and rescued him secretly out of the midst of the sons of the king that were put to death, and she placed him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Josabeeth daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, wife of Jodae the priest, hid him, and she even hid him from Gotholia, and she did not slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - And why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 - And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - (LXX 8:3) [fn] Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:1 - I would that thou, O my kinsman, wert he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, they should not despise me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - And an infant shall put his hand on the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nurses, they shall bow down to thee on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt eat the wealth of kings: and shalt know that I am the Lord that saves thee and delivers thee, the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11 - that ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolation; that ye may milk out, and delight yourselves with the influx of her glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I [fn]turn toward them as a river of peace, and as a torrent bringing upon them in a flood the glory of the Gentiles: their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and comforted on the knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - (LXX 51:7) And now thus has the Lord Almighty said, Wherefore do ye commit these great evils against your souls? to cut off man and woman of you, infant and suckling from the midst of Juda, to the end that not one of you should be left;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - Chaph. Mine eyes have failed with tears, my heart is troubled, my glory is cast down to the ground, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; while the infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:3 - Gimel. Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, they give suck to their young, the daughters of my people are incurably cruel, as an ostrich in a desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the little children ask for bread, and there is none to break it to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
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