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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 Box Gen 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 - She went on to say, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:59

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham's servant and his men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - (Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get a nursing woman for you from the Hebrews, so that she may nurse the child for you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,' to the land which you swore to their fathers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 - They will summon peoples to the mountain, there they will sacrifice proper sacrifices; for they will enjoy the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the shores.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - So her husband Elkanah said to her, "Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. May the LORD fulfill his promise." So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don't spare them. Put them to death - man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep - all with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - I got up in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was, dead! But when I examined him carefully in the morning, I realized it was not my baby."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - So Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah's son Joash and sneaked him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So he was hidden from Athaliah and escaped execution.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah's son Joash and sneaked him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 - He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:1 - Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother's breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you - surely no one would despise me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - Kings will be your children's guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the LORD; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the LORD, am your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11 - For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For this is what the LORD says: "Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - "So now the LORD, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, asks, 'Why will you do such great harm to yourselves? Why should every man, woman, child, and baby of yours be destroyed from the midst of Judah? Why should you leave yourselves without a remnant?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares. ל (Lamed)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:3 - Even the jackals nurse their young at their breast, but my people are cruel, like ostriches in the desert. ד (Dalet)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - The infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel. ה (He)

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters.
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