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To dislocate/hang

יָקַעStrong’s H3363

yaqa (ya-qa)

Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yaqa is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was alienated”, “it was dislocated” and “impale”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

“And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.”
Genesis 32:25 KJV
Meaning
  1. To be dislocated, be alienated(Qal) to be dislocated, be torn away, be alienated · (Hiphil) · (Hophal) to be executed
How it's translated
  • and it was alienated 2
  • and it was dislocated 1
  • and impale 1
  • and we will impale them 1
  • and they impaled them 1
  • the impaled 1
  • it should be alienated 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Samuel 3
  • Ezekiel 2
  • Genesis 1
  • Numbers 1
  • Jeremiah 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יָקַע yaqa · to dislocate/hang

1) 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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.