Lexicon naqah: to be empty or clean Original Word: נָקָהPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: naqah Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kaw') Short Definition: unpunished NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto be empty or clean NASB Translationacquit (3), acquitted (2), avenge (1), avenged (1), blameless (1), by means clear (1), completely acquitted (1), completely free (1), completely free from punishment (1), deserted (1), free (4), free from punishment (1), go unpunished (8), immune (1), innocent (1), leave unpunished (2), means leave (4), by means leave unpunished (2), by means leave unpunished (2), purged (2), unpunished (1), without guilt (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ נָקָה] verb be empty(?), clean (Ecclus 16:11b Niph`al Imperfect ינקה be unpunished, so Ecclesiasticus 40:15; Ecclesiasticus 31:5 = Proverbs 28:20; Late Hebrew Pi`el = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic נְקָא Pa`el = Biblical Hebrew, adjective נְקֵא clean; Phoenician נקי adjective pure; Palmyrene נקא be clean (perhaps) in proper name Sachau ZMG xxxv (1881), 735 Lzb 325; Assyrian nâkû, pour out, pour libation, make offering, nikû, libation, offering; Old Aramaic נקיה perhaps = נוּקָיָה libation (Lzb 326), compare Syriac  Cook 83; Syriac  Pa`el pour out, make a libation; on the other hand, Arabic  purus, mundus fuit Kam Frey; II. cleanse, etc., Lane 3037. — Original meaning probably empty out, hence pour and be empty, clean); **ᵑ7 נְקָא Pa`el = cleanse (with lye) Isaiah 1:25; adjective נְקֵא clean of bread or fruit Genesis 40:16 ᵑ7J i, Deuteronomy 6:3 ᵑ7J ii, = exempt (Biblical Hebrew נָקִי) 1 Kings 15:22. — Qal Infinitive absolute נָקֹה Jeremiah 49:12 (נָקֹה תִּנָּקֶה, probably error for ׳הנקה ת, compare Jeremiah 25:29). Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִקָּה Zechariah 5:3 5t.; feminine נִקְּתָה Numbers 5:28; נִקָּ֑תָה Isaiah 3:26; 2masculine singular נִקֵּיתָ Genesis 24:8; 1singular נִקֵּיתִי Judges 15:3 2t.; Imperfect יִנָקֶה Proverbs 6:29 6t.; 2 masculine singular תִּנָּקֶה Genesis 24:41 2t.; plural תִּנָּקוּ Jeremiah 25:29 (twice in verse); Imperative הִנָּקֹי Numbers 5:19; Infinitive הִנָּקִה Jeremiah 25:29; — 1 be cleaned out, of a plundered city Isaiah 3:26; purged out, of liars and perjurers Zechariah 5:3 (twice in verse). 2 be clean, free from guilt, innocent, Jeremiah 2:35 with מִן, מִמֶּשַׁע Psalm 19:14; מֵעָוֺן Numbers 5:31(P); מִמְּלִשְׁתִּים from (at the hands of) the Philistines Judges 15:3. 3 be free, exempt from punishment, absolute Exodus 21:19 (E) Numbers 5:28 (P) 1 Samuel 26:9; לֹא יִנָּקֶה Proverbs 6:29; Proverbs 11:21; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 19:5,9; Proverbs 28:20; Jeremiah 25:29 (3 t. in verse); Jeremiah 49:12 b, נָקֹה תִּנָּקֶה Jeremiah 49:12 a. 4 free, exempt from obligation, with מִן, from oaths Genesis 24:8,41 (J); מִמֵּי הַמָּרִים from effects of drinking the bitter water Numbers 5:19 (P). Piel Perfect1singular נִקֵּיתִי Joshua 4:21 (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 נִקַּמְתִּי; so Now SS Buhl); Imperfect3masculine singular יְנַקֶּה Exodus 20:7 2t.; יְנַקֵּ֑ה Numbers 14:18; Nahum 1:3; 2masculine singular suffix תְּנַקֵּנִי Job 9:28; Job 10:14; תְּנַקֵּהוּ 1 Kings 2:9; 1singular suffix אֲנַקֶּ֑ךָּ Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 46:28; Imperative suffix נַקֵּנִי Psalm 19:13; Infinitive absolute נַקֵּה Exodus 34:7 4t.; — 1. hold innocent, acquit, Job 9:28; מֵעֲוֺנִי Job 10:4; מִנִּסְתּרוֺת Psalm 19:13. 2 leave unpunished: of man, with accusative 1 Kings 2:9; elsewhere of God: absolute נַקֵּה לאֹ יְנַקֶּה Exodus 34:7 (twice in verse) = Numbers 14:18 (twice in verse) (all J) = Nahum 1:3 (twice in verse); with accusative לאֹ יְנַקֶּה Exodus 20:7 = Deuteronomy 5:11; נַקֵּה לאֹ אֲנַקֶּךָּ Jeremiah 30:11 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 46:28 (twice in verse), compare Joel 4:21 (twice in verse) (but see above).
Strong's acquit at all, altogether, be blameless, cleanse, be clearing, cut off A primitive root; to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. Extirpated -- acquit X at all, X altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, X by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, X utterly, X wholly. |
