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Lexicon :: Strong's H3243 - yānaq

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 -

She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him[fn] in his old age.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 -

So they sent away their sister Rebekah with the one who had nursed and raised her,[fn] and Abraham’s servant and his men.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 -

thirty milk camels with their young, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 -

Deborah, the one who had nursed and raised Rebekah,[fn] died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 -

Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a Hebrew woman who is nursing to nurse the boy for you? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 -

Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 -

“Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so you should tell me, ‘Carry them at your breast, as a nursing mother carries a baby,’ to the land that you swore to give their ancestors?

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 -

He made him ride on the heights of the land

and eat the produce of the field.

He nourished him with honey from the rock

and oil from flinty rock,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 -

“Outside, the sword will take their children,

and inside, there will be terror;

the young man and the young woman will be killed,

the infant and the gray-haired man.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 -

They summon the peoples to a mountain;

there they offer acceptable sacrifices.

For they draw from the wealth of the seas

and the hidden treasures of the sand.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 -

Her husband, Elkanah, replied, “Do what you think is best, and stay here until you’ve weaned him. May the LORD confirm your[fn] word.” So Hannah stayed there and nursed her son until she weaned him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 -

“Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, infants and nursing babies, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 -

He also struck down Nob, the city of the priests, with the sword ​— ​both men and women, infants and nursing babies, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 -

“When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. That morning, when I looked closely at him I realized that he was not the son I gave birth to.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 -

Jehosheba, who was King Jehoram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s sister, secretly rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from among the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. So he was hidden from Athaliah and was not killed.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 -

Jehoshabeath,[fn] the king’s daughter, rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. Now Jehoshabeath was the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of the priest Jehoiada. Since she was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she did not kill him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 -

Why did the knees receive me,

and why were there breasts for me to nurse?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 -

He will suck the poison of cobras;

a viper’s fangs[fn] will kill him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 -

From the mouths of infants and nursing babies,

you have established a stronghold[fn]

on account of your adversaries

in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:1 -

If only I could treat you like my brother,[fn]

one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,

I would find you in public and kiss you,

and no one would scorn me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 -

An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,

and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 -

Kings will be your guardians

and their queens[fn] your nursing mothers.

They will bow down to you

with their faces to the ground

and lick the dust at your feet.

Then you will know that I am the LORD;

those who put their hope in me

will not be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 -

You will nurse on the milk of nations,

and nurse at the breast of kings;

you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior

and Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11 -

so that you may nurse and be satisfied

from her comforting breast

and drink deeply and delight yourselves

from her glorious breasts.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 -

For this is what the LORD says:

I will make peace flow to her like a river,

and the wealth[fn] of nations like a flood;

you will nurse and be carried on her hip

and bounced on her lap.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 -

“So now, this is what the LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such terrible harm to yourselves? You are cutting off man and woman, infant and nursing baby from Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 -

My eyes are worn out from weeping;

I am churning within.

My heart is poured out in grief[fn]

because of the destruction of my dear people,

because infants and nursing babies faint

in the streets of the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:3 -

Even jackals offer their breasts

to nurse their young,

but my dear people have become cruel

like ostriches in the wilderness.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 -

The nursing baby’s tongue

clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.

Infants beg for food,

but no one gives them any.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 -

Gather the people;

sanctify the congregation;

assemble the aged;[fn]

gather the infants,

even babies nursing at the breast.

Let the groom leave his bedroom,

and the bride her honeymoon chamber.

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