יָקַע
ya.qa
“to dislocate/hang”
Definition
properly, to sever oneself, i.e. (by implication) to be dislocated; figuratively, to abandon; causatively, to impale (and thus allow to drop to pieces by rotting)
a primitive root;
- to be dislocated, be alienated 1a) (Qal) to be dislocated, be torn away, be alienated 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to execute slowly (by exposure or impalation) 1b2) to hang 1c) (Hophal) to be executed
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
יָקַע appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.”“I will give them to you,” said the king.
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged.
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