יקע

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־ק־ע (y-q-ʿ)
3 terms

Cognate with Arabic وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “fall, occur”).

Pronunciation

Verb

יָקַע • (yaká) (pa'al construction, future יֵקַע)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) to become dislocated, out of joint
    • Tanach, Genesis 32:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיַּרְא כִּי לֹא יָכֹל לוֹ וַיִּגַּע בְּכַף־יְרֵכוֹ וַתֵּקַע כַּף־יֶרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב בְּהֵאָבְקוֹ עִמּוֹ׃
      And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.
  2. (figuratively) to become estranged, alienated
    • Tanach, Ezekiel 23:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵלֶיהָ בְנֵי־בָבֶל לְמִשְׁכַּב דֹּדִים וַיְטַמְּאוּ אוֹתָהּ בְּתַזְנוּתָם וַתִּטְמָא־בָם וַתֵּקַע נַפְשָׁהּ מֵהֶם׃
      And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lust; and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

Conjugation

Conjugation of יָקַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָקַעַת
action noun יְקִיעָה
passive participle יָקוּעַ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first יָקַעְתִּי יָקַעְנוּ
second יָקַעְתָּ יָקַעְתְּ יְקַעְתֶּם1 יְקַעְתֶּן1
third יָקַע יָקְעָה יָקְעוּ
present יוֹקֵעַ יוֹקַעַת יוֹקְעִים יוֹקְעוֹת
future first אֵקַע נֵקַע
second תֵּקַע תֵּקְעִי תֵּקְעוּ תֵּקַעְנָה2
third יֵקַע תֵּקַע יֵקְעוּ תֵּקַעְנָה2
imperative קַע קְעִי קְעוּ קַעְנָה2

1 Pronounced יָקַעְתֶּם and יָקַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

References

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