Lexicon
נָכָא
na.kah
H5217
H:V Hebrew

to whip

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Hebrew
Language

na.kah describes people being driven out from the land by whipping in Job 30:8.

The attested use describes people subjected to whipping and expelled from the land in Job 30:8.

Senses in use

  1. Whipping people from the land · dominant

    In Job 30:8, the Niphal perfect plural form occurs in the statement about unnamed sons; the APB renders the clause, “they are whipped from the land.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 30:8, the APB presents the clause as “they are whipped from the land.” It cannot establish more detailed nuance for the term.

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