Word Study · Strong's H8628 · Hebrew
תָּקַע
taqa
taw-kah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tâqaʻ
“to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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)
Rendered in the KJV as
blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.
- 69occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 23 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 57inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 69 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 57
- וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙3
- וְתָקְע֖וּ3
- יִתְקְע֖וּ3
- וַיִּתְקַע֙2
- וַיִּתְקַ֤ע2
- וְתָק֥וֹעַ2
- תִּקְע֣וּ2
- תִּקְע֥וּ2
- תִּקְע֨וּ2
- בְתֹֽקְעֵי־1
- הַתְּקוּעָ֖ה1
- וְהַתּוֹקֵ֥עַ1
and 45 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 42
- and they gave a blast7
- and he gave a blast6
- and you will give a blast5
- blow5
- they will give a blast4
- and [was] giving a blast2
- and giving blasts2
- give a blast on2
- he will give a blast2
- they fixed2
- [is] striking1
- [who] give a blast on1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 31
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural8
- Hc/Vqw3mp6
- Hc/Vqw3ms6
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural6
- Hc/Vqq2mp5
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural4
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular4
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute2
- Hc/Vqq3cp2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- Hc/Vqw3fs2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqv2mp · 8
- Hc/Vqw3mp · 6
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 6
- HVqp3cp · 6
- Hc/Vqq2mp · 5
- HVqi3mp · 4
- HVqp3ms · 4
- HVNi3ms · 3
- HC/Vqaa · 2
- Hc/Vqq3cp · 2
- HC/Vqrmsa · 2
- Hc/Vqw3fs · 2
All 69, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 31:25תָּקַ֤עtaka'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularNow Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.here: he had pitched
- Genesis 31:25תָּקַ֥עtaka'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularNow Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.here: he pitched tent
Numbers8 occurrences
- Numbers 10:3וְתָקְע֖וּvetakeuHc/Vqq3cpWhen both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.here: and they will give a blast
- Numbers 10:4יִתְקָ֑עוּyitkauverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralBut if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.here: they will give a blast
- Numbers 10:5וּתְקַעְתֶּ֖םuteka'temHc/Vqq2mpWhen you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.here: and you will give a blast
- Numbers 10:6וּתְקַעְתֶּ֤םuteka'temHc/Vqq2mpWhen you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.here: and you will give a blast
- Numbers 10:6יִתְקְע֖וּyitkeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralWhen you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.here: they will give a blast
- Numbers 10:7תִּתְקְע֖וּtitkeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralTo convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.here: you will give a blast
- Numbers 10:8יִתְקְע֖וּyitkeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.here: they will give a blast
- Numbers 10:10וּתְקַעְתֶּ֣םuteka'temHc/Vqq2mpAnd on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”here: and you will give a blast
Joshua8 occurrences
- Joshua 6:4יִתְקְע֖וּyitkeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralHave seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.here: they will give a blast
- Joshua 6:8וְתָקְע֖וּvetakeuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAfter Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.here: and they gave a blast
- Joshua 6:9תֹּקְעֵ֖יtakeuverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.here: [who] give a blast on
- Joshua 6:9וְתָק֥וֹעַvetakoa'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteWhile the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.here: and giving blasts
- Joshua 6:13וְתָקְע֖וּvetakeuHc/Vqq3cpAnd the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.here: and they gave blasts
- Joshua 6:13וְתָק֥וֹעַvetakoa'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteAnd the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.here: and giving blasts
- Joshua 6:16תָּקְע֥וּtakeuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAfter the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!here: they gave a blast
- Joshua 6:20וַֽיִּתְקְע֖וּvaiyitkeuHc/Vqw3mpSo when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.here: and they gave a blast
Judges12 occurrences
- Judges 3:21וַיִּתְקָעֶ֖הָvaiyitkaehaHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fsAnd Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.here: and he thrust it
- Judges 3:27וַיִּתְקַ֥עvaiyitka'Hc/Vqw3msOn arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.here: and he gave a blast
- Judges 4:21וַתִּתְקַ֤עvatitka'Hc/Vqw3fsBut as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.here: and she drove
- Judges 6:34וַיִּתְקַע֙vaiyitka'Hc/Vqw3msSo the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.here: and he gave a blast
- Judges 7:18וְתָקַעְתִּי֙vetaka'tiHc/Vqq1csWhen I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”here: and I will give a blast
- Judges 7:18וּתְקַעְתֶּ֨םuteka'temHc/Vqq2mpWhen I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”here: and you will give a blast
- Judges 7:19וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙vaiyitkeuHc/Vqw3mpGideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.here: and they gave a blast
- Judges 7:20וַֽ֠יִּתְקְעוּvaiyitkeuHc/Vqw3mpThe three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”here: and they gave a blast
- Judges 7:20לִתְק֑וֹעַlitkoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”here: to give a blast
- Judges 7:22וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֮vaiyitkeuHc/Vqw3mpAnd when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.here: and they gave a blast
- Judges 16:13וְתָקַעַתְּvetaka'taHc/Vqp2msThen 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.”here: and you will strike
- Judges 16:14וַתִּתְקַע֙vatitka'Hc/Vqw3fsSo 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.here: and she thrust
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 13:3תָּקַ֨עtaka'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”here: he gave a blast
- 1 Samuel 31:10תָּקְע֔וּtakeuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.here: they fixed
2 Samuel5 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:28וַיִּתְקַ֤עvaiyitka'Hc/Vqw3msSo Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.here: and he gave a blast
- 2 Samuel 18:14וַיִּתְקָעֵם֙vaiyitkaemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mpBut Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.here: and he thrust them
- 2 Samuel 18:16וַיִּתְקַ֤עvaiyitka'Hc/Vqw3msThen Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.here: and he gave a blast
- 2 Samuel 20:1וַיִּתְקַ֣עvaiyitka'Hc/Vqw3msNow a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”here: and he gave a blast
- 2 Samuel 20:22וַיִּתְקַע֙vaiyitka'Hc/Vqw3msThen 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.here: and he gave a blast
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:34וּתְקַעְתֶּם֙uteka'temHc/Vqq2mpThere Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’here: and you will give a blast
- 1 Kings 1:39וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙vaiyitkeuHc/Vqw3mpZadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”here: and they gave a blast
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 9:13וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙vaiyitkeuHc/Vqw3mpQuickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”here: and they gave a blast
- 2 Kings 11:14וְתֹקֵ֖עַvetokea'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”here: and [was] giving a blast
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 47:1תִּקְעוּ־tiku-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralClap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.here: strike
- Psalms 81:3תִּקְע֣וּtikuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralSound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.here: blow
Proverbs4 occurrences
- Proverbs 6:1תָּקַ֖עְתָּtaka'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularMy son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,here: you have struck
- Proverbs 11:15תֹקְעִ֣יםtokeimnoun · masculine pluralHe who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.here: those striking hands
- Proverbs 17:18תּוֹקֵ֣עַtokea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularA man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.here: [is] striking
- Proverbs 22:26בְתֹֽקְעֵי־vetokeei-preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.here: among [those who] strike
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 18:3וְכִתְקֹ֥עַvekhitkoa'conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.here: and just as sounds
- Isaiah 22:23וּתְקַעְתִּ֥יוuteka'tivHc/Vqq1cs/Sp3msI will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.here: and I will drive him
- Isaiah 22:25הַתְּקוּעָ֖הhatekuahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singularIn that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.here: that was driven
- Isaiah 27:13יִתָּקַע֮yitaka'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.here: it will be blown
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 4:5תִּקְע֥וּvtikuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralAnnounce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’here: blow
- Jeremiah 6:1תִּקְע֣וּtikuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural“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.here: blow
- Jeremiah 6:3תָּקְע֨וּtakeuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralShepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:here: they will pitch
- Jeremiah 51:27תִּקְע֨וּtikuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.here: blow
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 7:14תָּקְע֤וּtakeuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.here: they have given a blast
- Ezekiel 33:3וְתָקַ֥עvetaka'Hc/Vqq3msand he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.here: and he will give a blast
- Ezekiel 33:6תָקַ֤עtaka'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBut if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’here: he will give a blast
Joel2 occurrences
- Joel 2:1תִּקְע֨וּtikuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralBlow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—here: give a blast on
- Joel 2:15תִּקְע֥וּtikuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralBlow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.here: give a blast on