Hebrew verb · H3243
יָנַק
yanaqyaw-nak'
to suckle
33 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yânaq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3243is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 39Old Testament books
- 31spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3243
to suck; causatively, to give milk
The King James renders it: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yanaq is rendered "to suckle". It stands 33 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.
- Six of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 21:7She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.
The first use
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
Genesis 21:7הֵינִ֥יקָה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fifteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a suckling-child4
- and suckling-child2
- and you will suck2
- suckling-nurse his2
- a suckling-nurse1
- and he suckled him1
- and she suckled1
- and she suckled him1
- and suckle him1
- and suckling-children1
- and suckling-children of1
- he sucks1
and 15 more, 33 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יָנַח | yanach | to rest | Usesnot recorded |
All 33, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
31 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יוֹנֵ֖ק3
- אִינָֽק׃1
- הֵינִ֥יקָה1
- הֵינִ֖יקוּ1
- הַיֹּנֵ֔ק1
- וְהֵינִקִ֣הוּ1
- וְיוֹנֵ֖ק1
- וְיוֹנֵ֔ק1
- וַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּ1
- וְיֹנְקֵ֖י1
- וְֽיֹנְקִים֮1
- וְיָנַקְתְּ֙1
and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmpc
- HC/Vhu3fs1HC/Vhu3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Vhv2fs/Sp3ms
- Hc/Vhw3fs1Hc/Vhw3fs
- Hc/Vhw3fs/Sp3ms1Hc/Vhw3fs/Sp3ms
- Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms
- Hc/Vqq2fs1Hc/Vqq2fs
- Hc/Vqq2mp1Hc/Vqq2mp
Genesis
four uses
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
- הֵינִ֥יקָהheinikahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has suckled
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
- מֵנִקְתָּ֑הּmeniktahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: suckling-nurse her
30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
- מֵינִיק֛וֹתmeinikotverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine pluraltagged: suckling
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
- מֵינֶ֣קֶתmeineketnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: suckling-nurse of
Exodus
four uses
Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
- מֵינֶ֔קֶתmeineketnoun · feminine singulartagged: a suckling-nurse
- וְתֵינִ֥קveteinikHC/Vhu3fstagged: so she may suckle
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
- וְהֵינִקִ֣הוּveheinikihuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and suckle him
- וַתְּנִיקֵֽהוּ׃vatenikehuHc/Vhw3fs/Sp3mstagged: and she suckled him
Numbers
one use
Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
- הַיֹּנֵ֔קhaiyonekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the suckling-child
Deuteronomy
three uses
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- וַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּvaiyenikehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he suckled him
Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
- יוֹנֵ֖קyoneknoun · masculine singulartagged: a suckling-child
They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
- יִינָ֔קוּyinakuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will suck
1 Samuel
three uses
“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
- וַתֵּ֣ינֶקvateinekHc/Vhw3fstagged: and she suckled
Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
- יוֹנֵ֔קyoneknoun · masculine singulartagged: a suckling-child
He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
- יוֹנֵ֑קyoneknoun · masculine singulartagged: suckling-child
1 Kings
one use
The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
- לְהֵינִ֥יקleheinikpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suckle
2 Kings
one use
But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
- מֵינִקְתּ֖וֹmeiniktonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: suckling-nurse his
2 Chronicles
one use
But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
- מֵֽינִקְתּ֖וֹmeiniktonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: suckling-nurse his
Job
two uses
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
- אִינָֽק׃ʾinakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will suckle
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
- יִינָ֑קyinakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sucks
Psalms
one use
From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
- וְֽיֹנְקִים֮veyonekimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and suckling-children
Song of Solomon
one use
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
- יוֹנֵ֖קyoneknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: suckling-child of
Isaiah
six uses
The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
- יוֹנֵ֖קyoneknoun · masculine singulartagged: a suckling-child
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
- מֵינִ֣יקֹתַ֔יִךְmeinikotayikhnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: suckling-nurses your
You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- וְיָנַקְתְּ֙veyanaktHc/Vqq2fstagged: and you will suck
- תִּינָ֑קִיtinakiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will suck
so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
- תִּֽינְקוּ֙tinekuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you may suck
For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
- וִֽינַקְתֶּ֑םvinaktemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will suck
Jeremiah
one use
So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
- וְיוֹנֵ֖קveyonekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and suckling-child
Lamentations
three uses
My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
- וְיוֹנֵ֔קveyonekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and suckling-child
Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
- הֵינִ֖יקוּheinikuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they suckle
The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
- יוֹנֵ֛קyoneknoun · masculine singulartagged: a suckling-child
Joel
one use
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
- וְיֹנְקֵ֖יveyonekeiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and suckling-children of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.