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Lexicon :: Strong's H3243 - yānaq

Aa
יָנַק
Transliteration
yānaq
Pronunciation
yaw-nak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 874

Strong’s Definitions

יָנַק yânaq, yaw-nak'; a primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk:—milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H3243 in the following manner: suck (14x), nurse (7x), suckling (6x), sucking child (3x), milch (1x), nursing mothers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H3243 in the following manner: suck (14x), nurse (7x), suckling (6x), sucking child (3x), milch (1x), nursing mothers (1x).

  1. to suckle, nurse, suck

    1. (Qal)

      1. to suck

      2. suckling, babe (subst)

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to give suck to, nurse

      2. nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָנַק yânaq, yaw-nak'; a primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk:—milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
STRONGS H3243: Abbreviations
† [יָנַק] verb suck (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְנַק, bdb041302, and derivatives; Assyrian êniḳu, suck, SASmAssurbanipal i, Gloss, mušeniḳtu, nurse, JenZA, 1886, 402) —
Qal Perfect וְיָנַקְתְּ consecutive Isaiah 60:16; וִינַקְתֶּם Isaiah 66:12; Imperfect יִינָ֑ק Job 20:16; אִינָ֑ק Job 3:12; תִּינָ֑קִי Isaiah 60:16; יִינָ֑קוּ Deuteronomy 33:19; תִּינְקוּ Isaiah 66:11; Participle יוֺנֵק Deuteronomy 32:25 + 7 times; יֹנֵק Numbers 11:12; יוֺנְקִים Psalm 8:3; יוֺנְקֵי Joel 2:16; — suck, of infant at mother's breast, absolute Job 3:12; metaphor of abundance and honour of Jerusalem in future, Isaiah 66:11 absolute; followed by accusative of breast Isaiah 60:16; accusative of milk Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 66:12; followed by accusative ראֹשׁ פְּתָנִים Job 20:16 of punishment of wicked; participle followed by accusative יוֺנֵק שְׁדֵי אִמִּי Songs 8:1; construct יוֺנְקֵישָֿׁדַיִם Joel 2:16; elsewhere as subt., suckling, babe Numbers 11:12; Deuteronomy 32:25 (opposed to אִישׁ שֵׂיבָה); || עוֺלֵל 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; Psalm 8:3; Jeremiah 44:7; Lamentations 2:11; || עוֺלָל Lamentations 4:4; compare Joel 2:16; || גָּמוּל Isaiah 11:8; — on Isaiah 53:2 see יוֺנֵק below.
Hiph. Perfect הֵינִ֫יקָה Genesis 21:7; הֵנִ֫יקוּ Lamentations 4:3; Imperfect suffix וַיֵּנִקֵ֫הוּ Deuteronomy 32:13; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּינִק Exodus 2:7; וַתֵּ֫נֶק 1 Samuel 1:23; וַתְּנִיקֵ֫הוּ Exodus 2:9; Imperative feminine singular suffix הֵינִקִ֫הוּ Exodus 2:9; Infinitive לְהֵינִיק 1 Kings 3:21; Participle מֵינֶ֫קֶת Exodus 2:7; construct id. Genesis 35:8; מֵנִקְתּוֺ 2 Kings 11:2; מֵינִקְתּוֺ 2 Chronicles 22:11; מֵנִקְתָּהּ Genesis 24:59; מֵינִיקוֺת Genesis 32:16; מֵינִיקִתַיִךְ Isaiah 49:23; — give suck to, nurse, followed by accusative Genesis 21:7; 1 Kings 3:21; Exodus 2:7, 9; 1 Samuel 1:23; cause to suck honey, figurative Deuteronomy 32:13 (2 accusative); of animals Lamentations 4:3 followed by accusative; participle feminine = nursing, אִשָּׁה מֵינֶקֶת Exodus 2:7 literally a nursing woman, a nurse; מ׳ alone as substantive = nurse Genesis 24:59 (J), Genesis 35:8 (E; דְּבֹרָה), 2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 22:11; metaphor Isaiah 49:23; of camels גְּמַלִּים מֵינִיקוֺת Genesis 32:16.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:7; 21:7; 24:59; 24:59; 32:16; 32:16; 35:8; 35:8

Exodus

2:7; 2:7; 2:7; 2:7; 2:9; 2:9; 2:9

Numbers

11:12; 11:12

Deuteronomy

32:13; 32:13; 32:25; 32:25; 33:19

1 Samuel

1:23; 1:23; 15:3; 22:19

1 Kings

3:21; 3:21

2 Kings

11:2; 11:2

2 Chronicles

22:11; 22:11

Job

3:12; 3:12; 20:16; 20:16

Psalms

8:3; 8:3

Song of Songs

8:1

Isaiah

11:8; 49:23; 49:23; 53:2; 60:16; 60:16; 60:16; 60:16; 66:11; 66:11; 66:12; 66:12

Jeremiah

44:7

Lamentations

2:11; 4:3; 4:3; 4:4

Joel

2:16; 2:16; 2:16

H3243

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Strong's Number H3243 matches the Hebrew יָנַק (yānaq),
which occurs 32 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 - And she said H559, “Who H4310 would have said H559 to Abraham H85 that Sarah H8283 would nurse H3243 children H1121? Yet H3588 I have given H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121 in his old H2208 age H2208.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they sent H7971 away H7971 their sister H269 Rebekah H7259 and her nurse H3243 with Abraham’s H85 servant H5650 and his men H376.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - thirty H7970 milking H3243 camels H1581 and their colts H1121, forty H705 cows H6510 and ten H6235 bulls H6499, and twenty H6242 female H860 donkeys H860 and ten H6235 male H5895 donkeys H5895.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - Now Deborah H1683, Rebekah’s H7259 nurse H3243, died H4191, and she was buried H6912 below H4480 H8478 Bethel H1008 under H8478 the oak H437; and it was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Allon-bacuth H439.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - Then his sister H269 said H559 to Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323, “Shall I go H1980 and call H7121 a woman H802 for you who is nursing H3243 from the Hebrew H5680 women H5680, so that she may nurse H3243 the child H3206 for you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Then Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323 said H559 to her, “Take H1980 this H2088 child H3206 away and nurse H3243 him for me, and I will give H5414 you your wages H7939.” So the woman H802 took H3947 the child H3206 and nursed H5134 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - “Was it I who conceived H2029 all H3605 this H2088 people H5971? Or did I give H3205 birth H3205 to them, that You should say H559 to me, ‘Carry H5375 them [fn]in your arms H2436, as a [fn]nurse H539 carries H5375 a nursing H3243 infant H3243, to the land H127 which H834 You swore H7650 to their fathers H1’?

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“He had him ride H7392 on the high H1116 places H1116 of the earth H776,

And he ate H398 the produce H8570 of the field H7704;

And He had him suck H3243 honey H1706 from the rock H5553,

And [fn]oil H8081 from the flinty H2496 rock H6697,

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‘Outside H4480 H2351 the sword H2719 will make H7921 them childless H7921,

And inside H4480 H2315, terror H367—

Both H1571 young H970 man H970 and virgin H1330,

The nursing H3243 child H3243 with the man H376 of gray H7872 hair H7872.

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“They will call H7121 peoples H5971 to the mountain H2022;

There H8033 they will offer H2076 righteous H6664 sacrifices H2077;

For they will [fn]draw H3243 out H3243 the abundance H8228 of the seas H3220,

And the hidden H2934 treasures H5603 of the sand H2344.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - Elkanah H511 her husband H376 said H559 to her, “Do H6213 [fn]what H2896 seems best H2896 to you. Stay H3427 until H5704 you have weaned H1580 him; only H389 may the LORD H3068 confirm H6965 His word H1697.” So the woman H802 stayed H3427 and nursed H3243 her son H1121 until H5704 she weaned H1580 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now H6258 go H1980 and strike H5221 Amalek H6002 and completely H2763 destroy H2763 everything H3605 that he has, and do not spare H2550 him; but put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 both H4480 man H376 and woman H802, child H5768 and infant H3243, ox H7794 and sheep H7716, camel H1581 and donkey H2543.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - He also struck H5221 Nob H5011 the city H5892 of the priests H3548 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719, both H4480 men H376 and women H802, children H5768 and infants H3243; he also struck oxen H7794, donkeys H2543, and sheep H7716 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - “When I got H6965 up H6965 in the morning H1242 to nurse H3243 my son H1121, behold H2009, he was dead H4191! But when I examined H995 him closely H995 in the morning H1242, behold H2009, he was not my son H1121, whom H834 I had borne H3205!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - But Jehosheba H3089, the daughter H1323 of King H4428 Joram H3141, sister H269 of Ahaziah H274, took H3947 Joash H3060 the son H1121 of Ahaziah H274 and abducted H1589 him from among H8432 the king’s H4428 sons H1121 who were being put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, and put him and his nurse H3243 in the bedroom H2315 H4296. So they hid H5641 him from Athaliah H6271, and he was not put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath H3090 the king’s H4428 daughter H1323 took H3947 Joash H3060 the son H1121 of Ahaziah H274, and stole H1589 him from among H8432 the king’s H4428 sons H1121 who were being put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, and placed H5414 him and his nurse H3243 in the bedroom H2315 H4296. So Jehoshabeath H3090, the daughter H1323 of King H4428 Jehoram H3088, the wife H802 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 (for she was the sister H269 of Ahaziah H274), hid H5641 him from Athaliah H6271 so that she would not put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191.

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“Why H4069 were H6923 the knees H1290 there in H6923 front H6923 of me,

And why H4100 the breasts H7699, that I would nurse H3243?

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“He sucks H3243 the poison H7219 of cobras H6620;

The viper’s H660 tongue H3956 kills H2026 him.

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From the mouths H6310 of infants H5768 and nursing H3243 babies H3243 You have established H3245 [fn]strength H5797

Because H4616 of Your enemies H6887,

To do H7673 away H7673 with H7673 the enemy H340 and the revengeful H5358.

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“Oh H4310 H5414 that H4310 H5414 you were like a brother H251 to me

Who nursed H3243 at my mother’s H517 breasts H7699.

If I found H4672 you outdoors H2351, I would kiss H5401 you;

No H3808 one would despise H936 me, either H1571.

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The nursing H3243 child will play H8173 by the hole H2352 of the cobra H6620,

And the weaned H1580 child will put H1911 his hand H3027 on the viper’s H6848 den H3975.

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“Kings H4428 will be your guardians H539,

And their princesses H8282 your nurses H3243.

They will bow H2331 down H2331 to you with their faces H639 to the ground H776

And lick H3897 the dust H6083 from your feet H7272;

And you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068;

Those who H834 hopefully H6960 wait H6960 for Me will not be put H954 to H954 shame H954.

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“You will also suck H3243 the milk H2461 of nations H1471,

And suck H3243 the breast H7699 of kings H4428;

Then you will know H3045 that I, the LORD H3068, am your Savior H3467

And your Redeemer H1350, the Mighty H46 One H46 of Jacob H3290.

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So H4616 that H4616 you may nurse H3243 and be H7646 satisfied H7646 with her comforting H8575 breasts H7699,

So H4616 that H4616 you may drink H4711 fully H4711 and be delighted H6026 with her bountiful H3519 breasts H2123.”

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For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, I extend H5186 peace H7965 to her like a river H5104,

And the glory H3519 of the nations H1471 like an overflowing H7857 stream H5158;

And you will [fn]be nursed H3243, you will be carried H5375 on the [fn]hip H6654 and rocked H8173 back H8173 and H8173 forth H8173 on the knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - ‘Now H6258 then, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “Why H4100 are you doing H6213 great H1419 harm H7451 to yourselves H5315, to eliminate H3772 from yourselves man H376 and woman H802, child H5768 and infant H3243 from among H8432 Judah H3063, leaving H3498 yourselves without H1115 a remnant H7611,

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My eyes H5869 fail H3615 because of tears H1832,

My [fn]spirit H4578 is greatly H2560 troubled H2560;

My [fn]heart H3516 is poured H8210 out H8210 on the earth H776

Because H5921 of the [fn]destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971,

When little H5768 ones H5768 and infants H3243 languish H5848

In the streets H7339 of the city H7151.

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Even H1571 jackals H8565 offer H2502 the breast H7699,

They nurse H3243 their young H1482;

But the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 has proved H393 herself cruel H393,

Like ostriches H3283 in the wilderness H4057.

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The tongue H3956 of the infant H3243 clings H1692

To the roof H2441 of H2441 its mouth H2441 because of thirst H6772;

The children H5768 ask H7592 for bread H3899,

But no H369 one H369 breaks H6536 it for them.

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Gather H622 the people H5971, sanctify H6942 the congregation H6951,

Assemble H6908 the elders H2205,

Gather H622 the children H5768 and the nursing H3243 H7699 infants H3243 H7699.

Have the groom H2860 come H3318 out H3318 of his room H2315

And the bride H3618 out of her bridal H2646 chamber H2646.

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