נצר
TWOT
1408
(
√ of foll.;
cf.
perhaps Arabic
نَضُرَ
(naḍura) be fresh, bright, grow green;
Ecclus
40:15
נוצר
, margin
נצר
,
branch;
NH
נֵצֶר
= BH
)
.
נֵצֶר S 5342 TWOT 1408a GK 5916 n.m. sprout, shoot , in fig. uses: נ׳ abs. Is 11:1 ; 14:19 ; ( sim. ); cstr. 60:21 ( נ׳ מַטָּעַי ), Dn 11:7 ( מִנּ׳ שָׁרָשֶׁיהָ ; but
Ö
Bev
poss.
נ׳ מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ
).
I. [
נָקַב S 5344 TWOT 1409 GK 5918, 5919 ] vb. pierce ( NH id.; SI 1.1.4 הנקבה the piercing, boring through; Aramaic נְקַב , ܢܩܰܒ ( nqab ) id.; נֶקְבָּא hole , etc.; Sinait. n.pr.m. נקבו Eut 441, 2, נקיבו Eut 99, 2; 153, 2 ( Lzb 325.326 Cook 83); Assyrian naḳbu , depth, spring of water; Arabic نَقَبَ ( naqaba ) perforate, pierce, scrutinize , etc.,
نَقِيبَةٌ
(
naqībatun
)
sagacity
, etc.,
نَقِيبٌ
(
naqībun
)
leader, chief
(one who
scrutinizes
)
)
;
Qal
Pf.
3
fs. sf.
נְקָבָהּ
2 K 18:21 Is 36:
6;
2
ms.
נָקַבְתָּ
Hb 3:14
;
Impf.
יִנְקָב־
Jb 40:2
4,
וַיִּקֹּב
2 K 12:1
0;
sf.
יִקֳּבֶנּוּ
Is 62:
2;
2
ms.
תִּקֹּב
Jb 40:2
6;
Imv. ms.
נָקְבָה
Gn 30:2
8;
Pt. pass.
נָקוּב
Hg 1:
6;
pl. cstr.
נְקֻבֵי
Am 6:
1;
1.
pierce, bore
,
c.
acc.
2 K 18:21
=
Is 36:
6,
Hb 3:14
(all in
fig.
),
Jb 40:24
,
26
;
c.
acc. cogn. +
ב
,
וְיִּקֹּב חֹר בְּדַלְתֹּו
2 K 12:10
and he bored a hole in its lid;
צְרֹור נָקוּב
Hg 1:6
a bag pierced
, i.e. with a hole in it.
2.
prick off
, designate, wages
Gn 30:28
(
J
), name
Is 62:2
(
י׳
subj.;
cf.
Niph.
);
pt. pass.
noted, distinguished
Am 6:
1.
Niph.
Pf.
3
pl.
in phr.
נִקְּבוּ בְשֵׁמֹות
(
אֲשֶׁר
)
who were pricked off, designated, by name
Nu 1:17 1 Ch 12:32
(
v
31
van d.
H),
16:41 2 Ch 28:15
;
31:19
,
cf.
Ezr 8:2
0.
I . [ נֶקֶב S 5345, 5346 TWOT 1409a GK 5920, 5921 ] n. [ m. ] term. techn. of jewellers work, prob. some hole or cavity ( Hi - Sm Co Bertho l; Toy Hpt leaves untransl.), only pl. sf. תֻּפֶּיךָ וּנְקָבֶיךָ Ez 28:13 thy sockets and thy grooves ( Da ), or thy settings and thy sockets .
Bev A. A. Bevan. SI Siloam Inscription. Eut J. Euting. acc. cogn. acc. . of cognate meaning with verb. van d. H E. van der Hooght , Heb. text of O.T. Berthol A. Bertholet.
Da A. B. Davidson.
II.