קעקע

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qaʕəˈqaʕ/, [qaʕăˈqaʕ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qaʕəˈqaʕ/, [qaːʕaˈqaːʕ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ka(ʔ)aˈka/

קַעֲקַע • (ka'aká) m [pattern: קַלְקַל]

1. tattoo
   • Tanach, Leviticus 19:28, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְשֶׂרֶט לָנֶפֶשׁ לֹא תִתְּנוּ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע לֹא תִתְּנוּ בָּכֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה׃

     You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.

• קַעֲקוּעַ (ka'akúa)
• כְּתוֹבֶת קַעֲקַע (któvet ka'aká)

קִעְקֵעַ • (transliteration needed) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart קֻעְקַע)

1. to tattoo
2. to destroy, to ruin
3. to undermine

• (destroy): הָרַס, הִשְׁמִיד
• (undermine): חָתַר, עִרְעֵר

קֻעְקַע • (transliteration needed) (pu'al construction, active counterpart קִעְקֵעַ)

1. to be tattooed
2. to be destroyed or demolished, to be ruined
3. to be undermined

• (to be undermined): עֻרְעַר

• H7085 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “קַעֲקַע”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 586a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1397b
• “קעקע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language