Hebrew · H8628 · unreviewed

תָּקַע

To clatter , i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)

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תָּקַע H8628

What does תָּקַע mean in the Bible?

תָּקַע is a Hebrew word meaning "to clatter , i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)". to clatter, i.

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Meaning

to clatter , i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
Extended definition

to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping) BDB: thrust Usage: blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, × suretiship, thrust.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 28×
Perfect 1Chr 10:10 · 1Sam 31:10 · Ezek 7:14 · Jer 6:3 · Josh 6:9 · Josh 6:16 · Nah 3:19 · 1Sam 13:3 · Ezek 33:6 · Gen 31:25 · Prov 6:1 12×
Sequential imperfect Hos 5:8 · Jer 4:5 · Jer 6:1 · Jer 51:27 · Joel 2:1 · Joel 2:15 · Ps 47:2 · Ps 81:4
Imperfect Josh 6:4 · Num 10:4 · Num 10:6 · Num 10:8 · Num 10:7 · Zech 9:14
Participle active Josh 6:9 · Prov 17:18
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action
Imperfect Amos 3:6 · Isa 27:13 · Job 17:3
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