Strong's Lexicon taqa: To thrust, drive, clap, blow, strike Original Word: תקע Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4537 (salpizo): To sound a trumpet - G5180 (tupto): To strike, smite Usage: The Hebrew verb "taqa" primarily conveys the action of thrusting or driving something with force. It is often used in the context of blowing a trumpet or horn, clapping hands, or striking an object. The term can also imply the act of fastening or pitching, as in driving a tent peg into the ground. In the biblical narrative, "taqa" is frequently associated with the sounding of trumpets, which served as signals for various events, including calls to assembly, announcements of war, or proclamations of significant occasions. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, the blowing of trumpets held significant cultural and religious importance. Trumpets, often made from ram's horns (shofar) or metal, were used in religious ceremonies, military campaigns, and public gatherings. The sound of the trumpet was a powerful symbol of God's presence and intervention, as well as a call to action or repentance. The act of "taqa" was not merely a musical or ceremonial gesture but a profound expression of communication and divine interaction. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to thrust, clap, give a blow, blast NASB Translation blew (19), blow (20), blowing (1), blown (7), blows (1), camped (1), clap (2), drive (1), driven (1), drove (2), fasten (1), fastened (3), give pledges* (1), given (1), guarantor (1), guarantor* (1), pitch (1), pitched (1), pledges* (1), thrust (2), trumpeter* (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs תָּקַע verb thrust, clap, give a blow, blast (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic תְּקַע strike, blow horn; Ethiopic  blow trumpet); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ת Genesis 31:25 +, 1 singular וְתָקַעְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 7:18, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular תִּקְעוּ Jeremiah 3:37 +, suffix וַיִּתְקָעֵהוּ Exodus 10:19, etc.; Imperative masculine plural תִּקְעוּ Hosea 5:8 +; Infinitive absolute תָּקוֺעַ Joshua 6:9,13; construct לִתְקוֺעַ Judges 7:12, ׳כִּת Isaiah 18:3; Participle active תִּקֵעַ Proverbs 17:18 +, ect.; passive feminine תְּקוּעָה Isaiah 22:25; — 1 thrust, drive, weapon (accusative) into (ב) a person Judges 3:21; Judges 4:21; 2 Samuel 18:14, peg into (ב) something Isaiah 22:23,25 (compare Judges 4:21); hence pitch a tent (accusative), i.e. drive its pegs: Genesis 31:25 a Jeremiah 6:3 ( + עַל against, in figure), accusative omitted Genesis 31:25b; thrust, drive, beat (strands of hair together) בַּיָּחֵד Judges 16:4, insert a; so Judges 16:13 (so ᵐ5; compare GFMComm. and PAOS Oct, 1889, 176 ff.); thrust, drive locusts seaward (ה locative), Exodus 10:19 (J); compare בְּ ׳ת 1 Samuel 31:10 of fastening bodies to wall, and similarly 1 Chronicles 10:10 (but read in both הוֺקִיעוּ √ יקע Lag We Dr and modern). 2 give a blast, blow (German 'stossen'), with ב of instrument (usually horn or clarion) Joshua 6:4,8,9,13 (twice in verse); Joshua 6:16,20 (JE), Judges 3:27; Judges 6:34; Judges 7:18 (twice in verse); Judges 7:19,20 14t., + Numbers 10:3,4,8,10 (P; see חֲצֹצְרָה), also Ezekiel 7:14 (see תָּקוֺעַ below); ׳ת alone Judges 7:20; Numbers 10:7 (P; opposed to חֵרִיעַ sound an alarm), with accusative תְּרוּעָה Numbers 10:5; Numbers 10:6; Numbers 10:6 (P; see חֲצֹצְרָה); with accusative of instrument Judges 7:22; Hosea 5:8; Isaiah 18:3; Jeremiah 4:5; Jeremiah 6:1; Jeremiah 51:27; Joel 2:1,15; Psalm 81:4, + תקעו Joshua 6:9 (Kt; Qr תֹּקְעֵי). 3 strike, clap hands; in triumph, כַּף עָלֶיךָ ׳ת Nahum 3:19, כָ֑ף ׳ת Psalm 47:2; also (late) of gesture ratifying a bargain, specifically pledging oneself to become surety, only Proverbs (all "" עַרַב): לַזָּר כַּמֶּיךָ ׳ת Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 22:26; absolute Proverbs 11:15. Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular 1 יִתָּקַע שׁוֺפָר Amos 3:6 if a horn be blown, compare ׳בְּשׁ ׳יִתּ Isaiah 27:13 it shall be blown (a blast shall be given) on a horn. 2 מִיהֿוּא לְיָדִי יִתֵָּקעַ ׃ Job 17:3 who is there that will strike himself (i.e. pledge himself) into my hand ? Strong's Exhaustive Concordance blow a trumpet, cast, clap, fasten, pitch tent, smite, sound, strike, A primitive root; 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) -- blow ((a trumpet)), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, X suretiship, thrust. Forms and Transliterations בְתֹֽקְעֵי־ בתקעי־ הַתְּקוּעָ֖ה התקועה וְהַתּוֹקֵ֥עַ וְכִתְקֹ֥עַ וְתָק֥וֹעַ וְתָקְע֖וּ וְתָקַ֥ע וְתָקַעְתִּי֙ וְתֹקֵ֖עַ וְתוֹקֵ֙עַ֙ וַֽ֠יִּתְקְעוּ וַֽיִּתְקְע֖וּ וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙ וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֮ וַיִּתְקַ֣ע וַיִּתְקַ֤ע וַיִּתְקַ֥ע וַיִּתְקַע֙ וַיִּתְקָעֵ֖הוּ וַיִּתְקָעֵם֙ וַיִּתְקָעֶ֖הָ וַתִּתְקַ֤ע וַתִּתְקַע֙ וּתְקַעְתִּ֥יו וּתְקַעְתֶּ֖ם וּתְקַעְתֶּ֣ם וּתְקַעְתֶּ֤ם וּתְקַעְתֶּ֨ם וּתְקַעְתֶּם֙ והתוקע ויתקע ויתקעה ויתקעהו ויתקעו ויתקעם וכתקע ותוקע ותקוע ותקע ותקעו ותקעתי ותקעתיו ותקעתם ותתקע יִתְקְע֖וּ יִתְקָ֑עוּ יִתְקָ֔ע יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ יִתָּקַ֤ע יִתָּקַע֮ יתקע יתקע׃ יתקעו לִתְק֑וֹעַ לתקוע תִּקְע֣וּ תִּקְע֤וּ תִּקְע֥וּ תִּקְע֨וּ תִּקְעוּ־ תִּתְקְע֖וּ תָּ֤קְעוּ תָּקְע֔וּ תָּקְע֤וּ תָּקְע֥וּ תָּקְע֨וּ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ תָּקַ֤ע תָּקַ֥ע תָּקַ֨ע תָקְע֖וּ תָקַ֤ע תֹקְעִ֣ים תִּקְע֥וּ תֹּקְעֵ֖י תּוֹקֵ֣עַ תוקע תקע תקעו תקעו־ תקעי תקעים תקעת תתקעו ḇə·ṯō·qə·‘ê- ḇəṯōqə‘ê- hat·tə·qū·‘āh hattekuAh hattəqū‘āh liṯ·qō·w·a‘ litKoa liṯqōwa‘ tā·qa‘ ṯā·qa‘ tā·qa‘·tā tā·qə·‘ū ṯā·qə·‘ū taKa taKata takeU tāqa‘ ṯāqa‘ tāqa‘tā tāqə‘ū ṯāqə‘ū tiku tiq‘ū tiq‘ū- tiq·‘ū tiq·‘ū- tiṯ·qə·‘ū titkeU tiṯqə‘ū tō·qə·‘ê ṯō·qə·‘îm tō·w·qê·a‘ toKea tokeEi tokeIm tōqə‘ê ṯōqə‘îm tōwqêa‘ ū·ṯə·qa‘·tem ū·ṯə·qa‘·tîw utekaTem utekaTiv ūṯəqa‘tem ūṯəqa‘tîw vaiyitKa vaiyitkaEha vaiyitkaEhu vaiyitkaEm vaiyitkeU vattitKa vechitKoa vehattoKea vetaKa vetakaTi vetakeU vetaKoa vetoKea vetokeei wat·tiṯ·qa‘ wattiṯqa‘ way·yiṯ·qa‘ way·yiṯ·qā·‘e·hā way·yiṯ·qā·‘ê·hū way·yiṯ·qā·‘êm way·yiṯ·qə·‘ū wayyiṯqa‘ wayyiṯqā‘ehā wayyiṯqā‘êhū wayyiṯqā‘êm wayyiṯqə‘ū wə·hat·tō·w·qê·a‘ wə·ḵiṯ·qō·a‘ wə·ṯā·qa‘ wə·ṯā·qa‘·tî wə·ṯā·qə·‘ū wə·ṯā·qō·w·a‘ wə·ṯō·qê·a‘ wə·ṯō·w·qê·a‘ wəhattōwqêa‘ wəḵiṯqōa‘ wəṯāqa‘ wəṯāqa‘tî wəṯāqə‘ū wəṯāqōwa‘ wəṯōqêa‘ wəṯōwqêa‘ yiṯ·qā‘ yiṯ·qā·‘ū yiṯ·qə·‘ū yit·tā·qa‘ yit·tā·qê·a‘ yitKa yitKau yitkeU yiṯqā‘ yiṯqā‘ū yiṯqə‘ū yittaKa yittaKea yittāqa‘ yittāqêa‘Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 31:25 HEB: יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְיַעֲקֹ֗ב תָּקַ֤ע אֶֽת־ אָהֳלוֹ֙ NAS: Now Jacob had pitched his tent KJV: Now Jacob had pitched his tent INT: Jacob now Jacob had pitched his tent the hill Genesis 31:25 Exodus 10:19 Numbers 10:3 Numbers 10:4 Numbers 10:5 Numbers 10:6 Numbers 10:6 Numbers 10:7 Numbers 10:8 Numbers 10:10 Joshua 6:4 Joshua 6:8 Joshua 6:9 Joshua 6:9 Joshua 6:13 Joshua 6:13 Joshua 6:16 Joshua 6:20 Judges 3:21 Judges 3:27 Judges 4:21 Judges 6:34 Judges 7:18 Judges 7:18 68 Occurrences |
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