יָנַקyânaq

Meanings

Same root

• יוֹנֵקyôwnêq · H3126a sucker; hence, a twig (of a tree felled and sprouting)
• יְנִיקָהyᵉnîyqâh · H3242a sucker or sapling

Where it appears

Appears 33 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 21:7 Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”
• Genesis 24:59 So they said good-bye to Rebekah and sent her away with Abraham’s servant and his men. The woman who had been Rebekah’s childhood nurse went along with her.
• Genesis 32:15 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
• Genesis 35:8 Soon after this, Rebekah’s old nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried beneath the oak tree in the valley below Bethel. Ever since, the tree has been called Allon-bacuth (which means “oak of weeping”).
• Exodus 2:7 Then the baby’s sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” she asked.
• Exodus 2:9 “Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him.