Lexical Summary yanaq: to suck Original Word: יָנַקTransliteration: yanaq Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-nak') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to suck Meaning: to suck, to give milk Strong's Concordance give milk, nursing mother, give, make to sucking child, A primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk -- milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling). Brown-Driver-Briggs H3243. yanaq [יָנַק] verb suck (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְנַק, , and derivatives; Assyrian êni‡u, suck, SASmAssurbanipal i, Gloss, mušeni‡tu, nurse, JenZA, 1886, 402) — Qal Perfect וְיָנַקְתְּ consecutive Isaiah 60:16; וִינַקְתֶּם 66:12; Imperfect יִינָ֑ק Job 20:16; אִינָ֑ק 3:12; תִּינָ֑קִי Isaiah 60:16; יִינָ֑קוּ Deuteronomy 33:19; תִּינְקוּ Isaiah 66:11; Participle יוֺנֵק Deuteronomy 32:25 7t.; 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 60:16; accusative of milk 60:16; 66:12; followed by accusative מְּתָנִים ראֹשׁ Job 20:16 of punishment of wicked; participle followed by accusative אִמִּי שְׁדֵי יוֺנֵק Song of Solomon 8:1; construct יוֺנְקֵישָֿׁדַיִם Joel 2:16; elsewhere as subt., suckling, babe Numbers 11:12; Deuteronomy 32:25 (opposed to שֵׂיבָה אִישׁ); "" עוֺלֵל 1 Samuel 15:3; 22:19; Psalm 8:3; Jeremiah 44:7; Lamentations 2:11; "" עוֺלָל 4:4; compare Joel 2:16; "" גָּמוּל Isaiah 11:8; — on 53:2 see יוֺנֵק below Hiph`il Perfect הֵינִ֫יקָה Genesis 21:7; הֵנִ֫יקוּ Lamentations 4:3; Imperfect suffix וַיֵּנִקֵ֫הוּ Deuteronomy 32:13; 3feminine singular תֵּינִק Exodus 2:7; וַתֵּ֫נֶק 1 Samuel 1:23; וַתְּנִיקֵ֫הוּ Exodus 2:9; Imperative feminine singular suffix הֵינִקִ֫הוּ 2:9; Infinitive לְהֵינִיק 1 Kings 3:21; Participle מֵינֶ֫קֶת Exodus 2:7; construct id. Genesis 35:8; מֵנִקְתּוֺ 2 Kings 11:2; מֵינִקְתּוֺ2 Chronicles 22:11; מֵנִקְתָּהּ Genesis 24:59; מֵינִיקוֺת 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, מֵינֶקֶת אִשָּׁה Exodus 2:7 literally a nursing woman, a nurse; ׳מ alone as substantive = nurse Genesis 24:59 (J), 35:8 (E; דְּבֹרָה), 2 Kings 11:2; 2Che 22:11; metaphor Isaiah 49:23; of camels מֵינִיקוֺת גְּמַלִּים Genesis 32:16. |