יָקַעyâqaʻ
be dislocated, alienated
Pronunciation: yaw-kah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3363
Meanings
Qal: dislocated (Jeremiah 6:8; Genesis 32:26; Ezekiel 23:17)
Hiph`il: of some solemn form of execution, but meaning uncertain (2 Samuel 21:6; 2 Samuel 21:9; Numbers 25:4)
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 32:25 When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s hip and wrenched it out of its socket.
- Numbers 25:4 The Lord issued the following command to Moses: “Seize all the ringleaders and execute them before the Lord in broad daylight, so his fierce anger will turn away from the people of Israel.”
- 2 Samuel 21:6 So let seven of Saul’s sons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord at Gibeon, on the mountain of the Lord.” “All right,” the king said, “I will do it.”
- 2 Samuel 21:9 The men of Gibeon executed them on the mountain before the Lord. So all seven of them died together at the beginning of the barley harvest.
- 2 Samuel 21:13 So David obtained the bones of Saul and Jonathan, as well as the bones of the men the Gibeonites had executed.
- Jeremiah 6:8 Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn from you in disgust. Listen, or I will turn you into a heap of ruins, a land where no one lives.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).