Strong's Lexicon

H3243

H3243 — יָנַק

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewyanaqverbOccurrences: 32TWOT: 874

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3243
Word:יָנַק
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:32
Transliteration:yanaq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yaw-nak'
Meaning:1. to suck 2. causatively, to give milk
KJV Renderings:milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).

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[יָנַק] verb suck (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְנַק, [untranscribed source text 2237], and derivatives; Assyrian êni‡u , suck, SASmAssurbanipal i, Gloss , mušeni‡tu , nurse, JenZA, 1886, 402 ) —

Qal Perfect וְיָנַקְתְּ consecutive Isa 60:16 וִינַקְתֶּם Isa 66:12 Imperfect יִינָ֑ק Job 20:16 אִינָ֑ק Job 3:12 תִּינָ֑קִי Isa 60:16 יִינָ֑קוּ Deut 33:19 תִּינְקוּ Isa 66:11 Participle יוֺנֵק Deut 32:25 + 7 t.; יֹנֵק Num 11:12 יוֺנְקִים Ps 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, Isa 66:11 absolute; followed by accusative of breast Isa 60:16 accusative of milk Isa 60:16; Isa 66:12 followed by accusative ראֹשׁ פְּתָנִים Job 20:16 of punishment of wicked; participle followed by accusative יוֺנֵק שְׁדֵי אִמִּי Song 8:1 construct יוֺנְקֵישָֿׁדַיִם Joel 2:16 elsewhere as substantive, suckling, babe Num 11:12; Deut 32:25 (opposed to אִישׁ שֵׂיבָה); || עוֺלֵל 1Sam 15:3; 1Sam 22:19; Ps 8:3; Jer 44:7; Lam 2:11 || עוֺלָל Lam 4:4 compare Joel 2:16 || גָּמוּל Isa 11:8 — on Isa 53:2 see יוֺנֵק below.
Hiph`il Perfect הֵינִ֫יקָה Gen 21:7 הֵנִ֫יקוּ Lam 4:3 Imperfect suffix וַיֵּנִקֵ֫הוּ Deut 32:13 3 feminine singular תֵּינִק Exod 2:7 וַתֵּ֫נֶק 1Sam 1:23 וַתְּנִיקֵ֫הוּ Exod 2:9 Imperative feminine singular suffix הֵינִקִ֫הוּ Exod 2:9 Infinitive לְהֵינִיק 1Kgs 3:21 Participle מֵינֶ֫קֶת Exod 2:7 construct id. Gen 35:8 מֵנִקְתּוֺ 2Kgs 11:2 מֵינִקְתּוֺ 2Chr 22:11 מֵנִקְתָּהּ Gen 24:59 מֵינִיקוֺת Gen 32:16 מֵינִיקִתַיִךְ Isa 49:23 — give suck to, nurse, followed by accusative Gen 21:7; 1Kgs 3:21; Exod 2:7; Exod 2:9; 1Sam 1:23 cause to suck honey, figurative Deut 32:13 (2 accusative); of animals Lam 4:3 followed by accusative; participle feminine = nursing , אִשָּׁה מֵינֶקֶת Exod 2:7 literally a nursing woman, a nurse; ׳ מ alone as substantive = nurse Gen 24:59 ( J ), Gen 35:8 ( E ; דְּבֹרָה), 2Kgs 11:2 2 Che 2Kgs 22:11 metaphor Isa 49:23 of camels גְּמַלִּים מֵינִיקוֺת Gen 32:16.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ינק (yah-nak’)

Isaiah 60:16

KJV: Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
EHCC: Thou shalt also suck the milk

Deuteronomy 33:19

KJV: They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
EHCC: they shall suck (of) the abundance of the

Job 3:12

KJV: Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
EHCC: the breasts that 7 should suck?

Isaiah 60:16

KJV: Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
EHCC: and shalt suck the breast of kings:

Numbers 11:19

KJV: Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
EHCC: 8 nursing father beareth the sucking child,

Deuteronomy 32:25

KJV: The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.within: Heb. from the chambersdestroy: Heb. bereave
EHCC: the virgin, the swckling (also) with the man

Psalms 8:2

KJV: Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.ordained: Heb. founded
EHCC: (8). Out of the mouth of babes and suchlings

Song of Songs 8:1

KJV: O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.I should not…: Heb. they should not despise me
EHCC: that sucked the breasts

Isaiah 11:8

KJV: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.cockatrice’: or, adder’s
EHCC: the sucking child shall play

Jeremiah 44:7

KJV: Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;out…: Heb. out of the midst of Judah
EHCC: child and suckling,

Lamentations 2:11

KJV: Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.swoon: or, faint
EHCC: the children and the sucklings

Joel 2:16

KJV: Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
EHCC: and those that suck the breasts:

Lamentations 4:3

KJV: Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.sea…: or, sea calves
EHCC: they give suck to their young ones:

1 Kings 8:21

KJV: And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
EHCC: to give my child suck, :

Exodus 2:9

KJV: And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
EHCC: Take this child away, and nurse it (or me,

Exodus 2:7

KJV: Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
EHCC: that she may nurse the child |

Deuteronomy 32:13

KJV: He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
EHCC: and he Aim to ewck boney 4

Deuteronomy 188:1

EHCC: 93. א₪ gave her son suck |

Genesis 24:59

KJV: And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
EHCC: they sent away Rebekah their sister, and

Genesis 82:15

EHCC: (16).Thirty milch camels

Genesis 35:8

KJV: But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth.Allon–bachuth: that is, The oak of weeping
EHCC: Deborah Rebekah's nurse died,

Exodus 2:7

KJV: Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
EHCC: Shall I go and call to thee אתות ם

2 Kings 11:2

KJV: But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.Jehosheba: also called, JehoshabeathJoash: also called, Jehoash
EHCC: him and his euree,

2 Chronicles 22:11

KJV: But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba
EHCC: put him and Ais nurse in a bedchamber.
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