נָאַקnâʼaq
groan
Pronunciation: naw-ak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5008
Meanings
Qal: figurative of Pharaoh before king of Babylon (Ezekiel 30:24; Job 24:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Job 24:12 The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the wounded cry for help, yet God ignores their moaning.
- Ezekiel 30:24 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he will lie there mortally wounded, groaning in pain.
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).