יָקַץ
ya.qats
“to awake”
Definition
to awake (intransitive)
a primitive root;
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
יָקַץ appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
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