BDB3585
[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 ) —
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5143 |
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| Word: | נֵזֶק |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from an unused root meaning to injure |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | nezeq |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nay'zek |
| Meaning: | 1. loss |
| KJV Renderings: | damage. |
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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 ) —
[נֶ֫זֶק] noun [masculine] injury, damage (Aramaic loan-word see Biblical Aramaic); — only construct כְּנֶזֶק הַמֶּלֶךְ Esth 7:4 at the price of injury to the king.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke