H5234. nakar

I. [נָכַר‎] verb (not

Qal) regard, recognize (Late Hebrew Hiph`il know, be acquainted with; ᵑ7‎ Aph`el id.; Syriac Aph`el id.; compare also Arabic in sense be shrewd, cunning); **Arabic be shrewd, apparently rare, compare cunning Lane^2850a. —

Niph`al Perfect3masculine plural נִכְּרוּ לֹא‎ Lamentations 4:8 they are not recognized.

Pi`el Perfect לִפְנֵידָֿ֑ל שׁוֺע נִכַּר לֹא‎ Job 34:19 he regardeth not the opulent above the poor ("" שָׂרִים מְּנֵי לֹאנָֿשָׂא‎); Imperfect תְנַכֵּ֑רוּ לֹא‎ 21:29 do ye not recognize their tokens.

Hiph`il Perfect הִכִּיר‎ Deuteronomy 33:9; Daniel 11:39 Kt; suffix הִכִּירוֺ‎ Genesis 27:23; 3plural הִכִּירוּ‎ Judges 18:3 2t., suffix הִכִּירֻהוּ‎ Job 2:12, הִכִּרֻהוּ‎ Genesis 42:8; Imperfect יַכִּיר‎ Deuteronomy 21:17 3t. + Daniel 11:39 Qr; וַיַּכֵּר‎ Genesis 38:26 +; suffix וַיַּכִּרֵ֫הוּ‎ 1 Kings 18:7, יַכִּירֶ֫נּוּ‎ Job 7:10, וַיַּכִּירָהּ‎ Genesis 37:33, etc.; Imperative ַהכֶּרֿ‎ 31:32 2t.; Infinitive absolute הֵַכּרֿ‎ (Ginsb van d. H. ַהכֶּרֿ‎) Proverbs 24:23; 28:21; construct suffix הַכִּירֵנִי‎ Ruth 2:10; Participle מַכִּיר‎ Psalm 142:5, suffix מַכִּירֵךְ‎ Ruth 2:19, etc.; —

1 regard, observe, especially with a view to recognition, with object clause, Genesis 31:32; 37:32; 38:25; pay attention to, with accusative of person Ruth 2:10, 19; accusative of thing (of God) Job 34:25; accusative of thing omitted 2 Samuel 3:36; ׳י‎ subject לְטוֺבָה ֗֗֗ אַכִּיר כֵּן‎ Jeremiah 24:5 so will I regard the exiles ... for good; Antiochus subject Daniel 11:39; מָּנִים הִכִּיר‎ pay regard to (shew partiality, = פ מְּנֵי ׳נָשָׂא‎) Deuteronomy 1:17; 16:19 ("" מִשְׁמָּט הִטָּה‎), Proverbs 24:23; 28:21.

2 Recognize (as formerly known) with accusative of person or thing, Genesis 27:23; 37:33; 38:26 (all J), 42:7-8, (twice in verse) (E), 1 Kings 18:7; 20:41; Job 2:12; proverb. אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ אִישׁ יַכִּיר בְּטֶרֶם‎ Ruth 3:14 before a man could recognize his fellow (i.e. before dawn); recognize voice (קוֺל‎), Judges 18:3; 1 Samuel 26:17; = perceive the true situation, וְהִנֵּה וָאַכִּירָה‎ Nehemiah 6:12 and I perceived, and lo! God had not sent him.

3 Be willing to recognize, acknowledge Deuteronomy 21:17; 33:9; Isaiah 63:16 ("" יָדַע‎), Psalm 142:5; acknowledge with honour Isaiah 61:9.

4 Be acquainted with, מְקוֺמוֺ עוֺד יַכִּירֶנּוּ לֹא‎ Job 7:10 his place shall be acquainted with him no more (he shall be gone and forgotten), compare Psalm 103:16; with accusative of thing Job 24:17.

5 Distinguish, understand, לְקוֺל ֗֗֗ קוֺל הִכִּיר‎ Ezra 3:13 could not distinguish, etc.; compare Job 4:16 could not distinguish its appearance; לְדַבֵּר הִכִּיר‎ Nehemiah 13:24 understand how to speak, etc.

Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְנַכֶּרנָֿ֑עַר‎ Proverbs 20:11 by his deeds a youth maketh himself known, whether his doing be pure, etc.

[נכר‎] verbdenominative act or treat as foreign, or strange; disguise, misconstrue; —

Niph`al Imperfect יִנָּכֵר‎ Proverbs 26:24 with his lips a hater disguiseth himself (dissembles, speaks what is foreign to his thought).

Pi`el Perfect נִכַּר‎ 1 Samuel 23:7, but see below; Imperfect וַיְנַכְּרוּ‎ Jeremiah 19:4 and they have treated this place as foreign (profane); צָרֵהוּ יְנַכְּרוּ‎ Deuteronomy 32:27 lest their adversaries should misconstrue (it). — א אֹתוֺ ׳נִכַּר בְּיָדִי‎ 1 Samuel 23:7 God hath alienated him into my hand, but improbable; מָכַר ᵐ5‎ (compare Judges 4:9) hath sold him, so Th Klo HPS (compare We); < סִכַּר‎ (as Isaiah 19:4) Krochm Dr; Kit either of these; > סִגַּר‎ Bu; Löhr either סִגַּר‎ or סִכַּר‎.

Hithpa`el Imperfect אֲלֵיהֶם וַיִּתְנַכֵּר‎ Genesis 42:7 he acted as a stranger toward them; Participle feminine מִתְנַכֵּרָ֑ה‎ 1 Kings 14:5-6, feign to be a stranger-woman.