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תָּקַע

𐤕𐤒𐤏

tâqaʻ

H8628 verb

SILEX Entry

Definition

To thrust or drive with force, often with an instrument or tool; to strike, impale, or firmly lodge an object. Used of driving a peg, pin, or stake into a surface (e.g., tent-pin into the ground), sounding a musical instrument (especially a ram's horn or trumpet), clapping or striking hands (as a sign), as well as establishing surety or making a pledge by joining hands. The core sense involves forceful impact, embedding, or producing sudden sound.

Semantic Range

to drive (a peg, nail, pin), to strike forcibly, to blow/sound (a trumpet, shofar), to clap or strike hands, to make a legal pledge or join in surety, to embed or plant firmly, to impale or thrust (weapon), to set in place by force

Root / Etymology

From the root ת-ק-ע, which conveys a core sense of striking, thrusting, or causing a forceful contact. The verb form suggests action that produces a physical or audible impact. The range of the verb expands from literal acts of driving or striking to more abstract signification (e.g., making a legal pledge).

Historical & Contextual Notes

During patriarchal and monarchic periods, תָּקַע most often described the literal act of forcefully driving pegs, nails, or weapons. In nomadic contexts, this especially referred to pitching tents by driving tent-pegs. In religious and public settings, the word acquired the meaning of blasting a shofar (ram's horn), which was a signal for calling assemblies, warning, or marking special times. The verb also refers to clapping or striking hands both literally and as a metaphor for making an agreement or pledge of surety (cf. Job 17:3, Proverbs 6:1). The gesture of striking hands as a pledge was a socially recognized practice in the ancient Near East for sealing agreements. In later usage (post-exilic), the word retained its earlier meanings, but the trumpet-blasting sense became more prominent in ritual contexts. English translations sometimes obscure the precise physical action, conflating striking and legal pledge under generic terms such as 'strike' or 'clap', or interpret the legal gesture anachronistically as 'give surety'. There is semantic overlap with verbs like דָּקַר (to pierce) and נָעַץ (to drive/plant in), but תָּקַע is more general in the sense of driving or embedding by striking, whether literal or figurative.

Translation Consistency

primary "blow" 16 occurrences

Most occurrences in the data are translated with ‘blow’/‘blew’ (the trumpet/shofar sense) and the primary, typical use of תָּקַע in the Bible is to sound a horn or trumpet. ‘Blow’ is natural English for that dominant sense and can be extended idiomatically to forceful, striking actions (sound/impact), so it best meets the consistency and naturalness criteria.

Alternatives (34 occurrences):
"blew" (16x) "(pl.) blew" (3x) "thrust" (3x) "fastened" (3x) "pitched" (2x) "drove" (1x) "blowers of" (1x) "when a shofar is sounded" (1x) "drive him in" (1x) "blown" (1x) "strike forcefully" (1x) "pitch" (1x)

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

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, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.

Bantu Hebrew

No Bantu Hebrew comparisons have been recorded for this word yet.

Root Family

תקע (Teqoa) — to thrust, to drive, to blow (especially a trumpet or horn)

Root תקע to thrust, drive, strike, embed, produce a sound by striking
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H8619 תָּקוֹעַ in the trumpet
H8620 תְּקוֹעַ from Tekoa
H8621 תְּקוֹעִי the Tekoite man
H8629 תֵּקַע in a trumpet-blast of

Word Forms

33 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
H8628-06 תִּקְע֤וּ tiqeu HVqv2mp Blow Drive! Blow! 8
H8628-05 תָקְע֖וּ taqeu HVqp3cp they fastened they thrust they blew 6
H8628-15 וַ/יִּתְקַ֤ע vayiteqa HC/Vqw3ms and blew and he thrust forcefully and he blew 6
H8628-19 וַֽ/יִּתְקְעוּ֙ vayiteqeu HC/Vqw3mp and blew and they drove/struck and they blew 6
H8628-12 וּ/תְקַעְתֶּם֙ uteqaetem HC/Vqq2mp and blow and you thrust and you (pl.) blew 5
H8628-03 תָּקַ֨ע taqa HVqp3ms blew he thrust in he pitched 4
H8628-24 וְ/תָקְע֖וּ vetaqeu HC/Vqq3cp and blew and they thrust-struck and they blew 3
H8628-33 יִתְקְע֖וּ yiteqeu HVqi3mp shall blow they will thrust/strike they will blow 3
H8628-14 וַ/תִּתְקַ֤ע vatiteqa HC/Vqw3fs and drove and she thrust and she fastened 2
H8628-25 וְ/תָק֥וֹעַ vetaqoa HC/Vqa and blowing and thrusting and blowing 2

Occurrences in Scripture

70 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
H8628-03 Genesis 31:25 תָּקַ֤ע taqa HVqp3ms had pitched he thrust in he pitched
H8628-03 Genesis 31:25 תָּקַ֥ע taqa-2 HVqp3ms pitched he thrust in he pitched
H8628-17 Exodus 10:19 וַ/יִּתְקָעֵ֖/הוּ vayiteqaehu HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms and drove them and he thrust him and he drove him
H8628-24 Numbers 10:3 וְ/תָקְע֖וּ vetaqeu HC/Vqq3cp and-they-shall-blow and they thrust-struck and they shall blow
H8628-32 Numbers 10:4 יִתְקָ֑עוּ yiteqau HVqi3mp they blow they will thrust forcefully they will blow
H8628-12 Numbers 10:5 וּ/תְקַעְתֶּ֖ם uteqaetem HC/Vqq2mp and you shall blow and you thrust and you (pl.) blew
H8628-12 Numbers 10:6 וּ/תְקַעְתֶּ֤ם uteqaetem HC/Vqq2mp and you shall sound and you thrust and you (pl.) blew
H8628-33 Numbers 10:6 יִתְקְע֖וּ yiteqeu HVqi3mp they shall sound they will thrust/strike they will blow
H8628-07 Numbers 10:7 תִּתְקְע֖וּ titeqeu HVqi2mp you shall blow you will thrust you shall blow
H8628-33 Numbers 10:8 יִתְקְע֖וּ yiteqeu HVqi3mp shall blow they will thrust/strike they will blow
H8628-12 Numbers 10:10 וּ/תְקַעְתֶּ֣ם uteqaetem HC/Vqq2mp and-you-shall-blow and you thrust and you shall blow
H8628-33 Joshua 6:4 יִתְקְע֖וּ yiteqeu HVqi3mp shall-blow they will thrust/strike they will blow
H8628-24 Joshua 6:8 וְ/תָקְע֖וּ vetaqeu HC/Vqq3cp and blew and they thrust-struck and they blew
H8628-11 Joshua 6:9 תקעו tqv HVqp3cp blowing they drove in blowing
H8628-09 Joshua 6:9 תֹּקְעֵ֖י toqeey HVqrmpc who were blowing strikers of blowers of
H8628-25 Joshua 6:9 וְ/תָק֥וֹעַ vetaqoa HC/Vqa and blowing and thrusting and blowing
H8628-24 Joshua 6:13 וְ/תָקְע֖וּ vetaqeu HC/Vqq3cp and-they-blew and they thrust-struck and they blew
H8628-25 Joshua 6:13 וְ/תָק֥וֹעַ vetaqoa HC/Vqa and-blowing and thrusting and blowing
H8628-05 Joshua 6:16 תָּקְע֥וּ taqeu HVqp3cp they blew they thrust they blew
H8628-19 Joshua 6:20 וַֽ/יִּתְקְע֖וּ vayiteqeu HC/Vqw3mp and they blew and they drove/struck and they blew
H8628-16 Judges 3:21 וַ/יִּתְקָעֶ֖/הָ vayiteqaeha HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs and thrust it and he thrust her and he thrust it
H8628-15 Judges 3:27 וַ/יִּתְקַ֥ע vayiteqa HC/Vqw3ms that he blew and he thrust forcefully and he blew
H8628-14 Judges 4:21 וַ/תִּתְקַ֤ע vatiteqa HC/Vqw3fs and drove and she thrust and she thrust
H8628-15 Judges 6:34 וַ/יִּתְקַע֙ vayiteqa HC/Vqw3ms and-he-blew and he thrust forcefully and he blew
H8628-23 Judges 7:18 וְ/תָקַעְתִּי֙ vetaqaeti HC/Vqq1cs and-I-will-blow and I will thrust and I will blow
H8628-12 Judges 7:18 וּ/תְקַעְתֶּ֨ם uteqaetem HC/Vqq2mp and-you(pl)-will-blow and you thrust and you will blow
H8628-19 Judges 7:19 וַֽ/יִּתְקְעוּ֙ vayiteqeu HC/Vqw3mp and-they-blew and they drove/struck and they blew
H8628-19 Judges 7:20 וַֽ֠/יִּתְקְעוּ vayiteqeu HC/Vqw3mp and blew and they drove/struck and they blew
H8628-02 Judges 7:20 לִ/תְק֑וֹעַ liteqoa HR/Vqc to blow to thrust to blow
H8628-19 Judges 7:22 וַֽ/יִּתְקְעוּ֮ vayiteqeu HC/Vqw3mp and-they-blew and they drove/struck and they blew
H8628-14 Judges 16:14 וַ/תִּתְקַע֙ vatiteqa HC/Vqw3fs and she fastened and she thrust and she fastened
H8628-03 1 Samuel 13:3 תָּקַ֨ע taqa HVqp3ms blew he thrust in he blew
H8628-05 1 Samuel 31:10 תָּקְע֔וּ taqeu HVqp3cp they fastened they thrust they fastened
H8628-15 2 Samuel 2:28 וַ/יִּתְקַ֤ע vayiteqa HC/Vqw3ms and blew and he thrust forcefully and he blew
H8628-18 2 Samuel 18:14 וַ/יִּתְקָעֵ/ם֙ vayiteqaem HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp and thrust them and he thrust them and he thrust them
H8628-15 2 Samuel 18:16 וַ/יִּתְקַ֤ע vayiteqa HC/Vqw3ms and blew and he thrust forcefully and he blew
H8628-15 2 Samuel 20:1 וַ/יִּתְקַ֣ע vayiteqa HC/Vqw3ms and he blew and he thrust forcefully and he blew
H8628-15 2 Samuel 20:22 וַ/יִּתְקַע֙ vayiteqa HC/Vqw3ms and he blew and he thrust forcefully and he blew
H8628-12 1 Kings 1:34 וּ/תְקַעְתֶּם֙ uteqaetem HC/Vqq2mp and blow and you thrust and you (pl.) blew
H8628-19 1 Kings 1:39 וַֽ/יִּתְקְעוּ֙ vayiteqeu HC/Vqw3mp and they blew and they drove/struck and they blew
H8628-19 2 Kings 9:13 וַֽ/יִּתְקְעוּ֙ vayiteqeu HC/Vqw3mp and blew and they drove/struck and they blew
H8628-26 2 Kings 11:14 וְ/תֹקֵ֖עַ vetoqea HC/Vqrmsa and blowing and the striking-one and blowing
H8628-21 Isaiah 18:3 וְ/כִ/תְקֹ֥עַ vekhiteqoa HC/R/Vqc and when blown and when striking and when a shofar is sounded
H8628-13 Isaiah 22:23 וּ/תְקַעְתִּ֥י/ו uteqaetiv HC/Vqq1cs/Sp3ms and I will fasten him and I will drive him in and I will drive him in
H8628-01 Isaiah 22:25 הַ/תְּקוּעָ֖ה hatequah HTd/Vqsfsa fastened embedded fastened
H8628-29 Isaiah 27:13 יִתָּקַע֮ yitaqa HVNi3ms shall be blown he will be driven in it will be blown
H8628-28 Jeremiah 4:5 ו/תקעו vtqv HC/Vqv2mp blow Strike forcefully! Strike forcefully
H8628-06 Jeremiah 4:5 תִּקְע֥וּ tiqeu HVqv2mp trumpet Drive! Blow!
H8628-06 Jeremiah 6:1 תִּקְע֣וּ tiqeu HVqv2mp blow Drive! Blow!
H8628-05 Jeremiah 6:3 תָּקְע֨וּ taqeu HVqp3cp they will pitch they thrust they will pitch
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