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Numbers 10:5
“When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
תָּקַעtâqaʻ · taw-kah'
H8628 · Hebrew
H8628 · Hebrew
- Definition
- 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)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- תְקַעְתֶּ֖ם — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 70 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:25Genesis 31:25Exodus 10:19Numbers 10:3Numbers 10:4
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 תָּקַע 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.