תָּקַע
ta.qa
“to blow”
Definition
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
a primitive root;
- to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to thrust, drive (of weapon) 1a2) to give a blast, give a blow 1a3) to strike or clap hands 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be blown, blast (of horn) 1b2) to strike or pledge oneself
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
תָּקַע appears 60 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.
Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.”He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man. ”
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin;flee from Jerusalem!Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa;send up a signal over Beth-haccherem,for disaster looms from the north,even great destruction.
When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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