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נקה

Strong’s: H5352

Associated OET lemmas: נָקָה

Notes: Passage: OET ZEC 5:3
RSV NRSV "be cut off" NIV NJB "be banished" REB "be swept away" ESV "be cleaned out" = [1b] | NJPS "has gone unpunished" = [1c]; Passage: OET JOL 3:21
NIV "I will pardon" NJPS "treat as innocent" | LXX ἐκδικήσω RSV NRSV ESV "I will avenge" REB "I shall avenge" CEV "I will punish" = נקם

Authors: Steve Berneking

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: מְנַקִּית · נָקִי · נִקָּיֹון

Sense 1: to be emptied, to be cleaned out

Semantic domains: Non-Contain (002002001004)

Definition: literally: to be cleaned out; hence: = causative action by which a city is deprived of its inhabitants

Forms: vbnif- (passive)

Show passage in OET: ISA 3:26

OET-RV ISA 3:26

26 The city gates will mourn and wail,
⇔ and she’ll end up just sitting their on the ground, alone.

OET-LV ISA 3:26

26 And_they _will _lament and_they _will _mourn gates _of_its and_it _will _be _emptied to_ground it _will _sit.

Jump to OET ISA 3:26 section.

Sense 2: to be removed, to be banished

Semantic domains: Non-Exist (002002002006)

Definition: literally: to be cleaned out; hence: = causative action by which people are forcefully removed from their community

Forms: vbnif- (passive)

Show passage in OET: ZEC 5:3

OET-RV ZEC 5:3

3 Then he told me, “That’s the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land. Every thief will be removed according to what it says on the one side, and everyone who testifies falsely will be removed according to what it says on the other side.

OET-LV ZEC 5:3

3 And_he/it _said to_me this is_the_curse which_is_about _to _go _forth over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land if/because every _of (the)_one_who_steals from_this according_to _it he _will _be _purged and_all (the)_one_who_swears _an _oath from_this according_to _it he _will _be _purged.

Jump to OET ZEC 5:3 section.

Sense 3: to be free, to be innocent, to go unpunished

Semantic domains: Innocent (002003003014)

Core domains: Responsibility (145); Behavior (017)

Definition: = state or process in which humans are not held responsible for actions committed in the past or for future commitments

Forms: vbqal-; vbpiel; vbnif- (passive)

Synonyms: תמם

Show passage in OET: GEN 24:8

OET-RV GEN 24:8

8 If it turned out that the woman isn’t willing to come back with you, then you’re released from this vow to me. But still in that case, don’t take my son back there!”

OET-LV GEN 24:8

8 And_if not the_woman she _will _be _willing to_go after_you and_you _will _be _free from_oath _of_my this only DOM son _of_my not you _must _take _back to_(to).

Show passage in OET: GEN 24:41

OET-RV GEN 24:41

41 Then you’ll be free of your promise: When you go to my clan, and if they won’t allow her to return with you, then you’ll be clear from this promise.’

OET-LV GEN 24:41

41 Then you _will _be _free from_oath _of_my if/because you _will _go to family _of_my and_if not they _will _give_her to/for_you(fs) and_you _will _be free from_oath _of_my.

Jump to OET GEN 24:8 section.

Jump to OET GEN 24:41 section.

All 20 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 24:8 · OET GEN 24:41

EXO: OET EXO 21:19

NUM: OET NUM 5:19 · OET NUM 5:28 · OET NUM 5:31

JDG: OET JDG 15:3

SA1: OET SA1 26:9

PSA: OET PSA 19:13

PRO: OET PRO 6:29 · OET PRO 11:21 · OET PRO 16:5 · OET PRO 17:5 · OET PRO 19:5 · OET PRO 19:9 · OET PRO 28:20

JER: OET JER 2:35 · OET JER 25:29 · OET JER 49:12

ZEC: OET ZEC 5:3

Sense 4: to clear the guilty, to hold not guilty, to let one go unpunished

Semantic domains: Innocent (002003003014)

Definition: = action by which humans or deities pronounce or consider a person innocent or cleared of wrongdoing and freed from punishment

Forms: vbpiel

Show passage in OET: EXO 20:7

OET-RV EXO 20:7

• 7 You mustn’t wrongly promote the name of Yahweh your god, because I won’t leave anyone unpunished who does that.

OET-LV EXO 20:7

7 Not you _must _take DOM the _name _of YHWH god _of_your for_emptiness if/because not YHWH he _will _leave _unpunished DOM one_who he _will _take DOM his/its_name for_emptiness.

Show passage in OET: EXO 34:7

OET-RV EXO 34:7

7 I display faithfulness to thousands of generations—forgiving disobedience, transgression, and sin. But I certainly won’t let the guilty get away with it—visiting the iniquity of the parents onto the children and onto the grandchildren—to the third and the fourth generations.”

OET-LV EXO 34:7

7 maintaining covenant _loyalty to_thousands forgiving iniquity and_transgression and_sin and_certainly _(leave _unpunished) not he _leaves _unpunished visiting the_iniquity _of parents on the_children and_on the_children _of children on a _third _generation and_on a _fourth _generation.

Jump to OET EXO 20:7 section.

Jump to OET EXO 34:7 section.

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 20:7 · OET EXO 34:7

NUM: OET NUM 14:18

DEU: OET DEU 5:11

KI1: OET KI1 2:9

JOB: OET JOB 9:28 · OET JOB 10:14

PSA: OET PSA 19:12

JER: OET JER 30:11 · OET JER 46:28

JOL: OET JOL 3:21

NAH: OET NAH 1:3