תָּקַעtâqaʻ
thrust, clap, give a blow, blast
Pronunciation: taw-kah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8628
Meanings
Qal: active, passive (Genesis 31:25; Jeremiah 7:18; Jeremiah 3:37)
1. thrust, drive (Judges 3:21; Judges 4:21; 2 Samuel 18:14)
2. give a blast, blow (Joshua 6:4; Joshua 6:8; Joshua 6:9)
3. strike, clap, hands (Nahum 3:19; Psalms 47:2; Proverbs 17:18)
Niph`al
1. be blown, (a blast shall be given) on a horn (Amos 3:6; Isaiah 27:13)
2. strike himself, (i.e. pledge himself) (Job 17:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 68 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:25 Laban caught up with Jacob as he was camped in the hill country of Gilead, and he set up his camp not far from Jacob’s.
- Exodus 10:19 The Lord responded by shifting the wind, and the strong west wind blew the locusts into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained in all the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 10:3 When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
- Numbers 10:4 But if only one trumpet is blown, then only the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—must present themselves to you.
- Numbers 10:5 “When you sound the signal to move on, the tribes camped on the east side of the Tabernacle must break camp and move forward.
- Numbers 10:6 When you sound the signal a second time, the tribes camped on the south will follow. You must sound short blasts as the signal for moving on.
See every passage
- Genesis 31:25
- Exodus 10:19
- Numbers 10:3, 10:4, 10:5, 10:6, 10:7, 10:8, 10:10
- Joshua 6:4, 6:8, 6:9, 6:13, 6:16, 6:20
- Judges 3:21, 3:27, 4:21, 6:34, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:22, 16:14
- 1 Samuel 13:3, 31:10
- 2 Samuel 2:28, 18:14, 18:16, 20:1, 20:22
- 1 Kings 1:34, 1:39
- 2 Kings 9:13, 11:14
- 1 Chronicles 10:10
- 2 Chronicles 23:13
- Nehemiah 4:18
- Job 17:3
- Psalms 47:1, 81:3
- Proverbs 6:1, 11:15, 17:18, 22:26
- Isaiah 18:3, 22:23, 22:25, 27:13
- Jeremiah 4:5, 6:1, 6:3, 51:27
- Ezekiel 7:14, 33:3, 33:6
- Hosea 5:8
- Joel 2:1, 2:15
- Amos 3:6
- Nahum 3:19
- Zechariah 9:14
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).