Original Language Studio
Isaiah 60:16
“Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3243 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to suck; causatively, to give milk
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יָנַקְתְּ֙ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 32 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 21:7Genesis 24:59Genesis 32:16Genesis 35:8Exodus 2:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָנַק here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.