יָנַק yanaq
Hebrew word for “to suckle” · Strong’s H3243 · used 33 times in 30 verses
Meaning
1) to suckle, nurse, suck;
Senses in the lexicon
- to suckle (11)
- to suckle (9)
- to suckle (7)
- to suckle (6)
How it is translated
Glosses given for yanaq in context, with how often each is used:
- suckling-child 9
- suckling-nurse 5
- will suck 4
- suckle 3
- suckled 3
- suckling-children 2
- has suckled 1
- suckling 1
- may suckle 1
- will suckle 1
- sucks 1
- may suck 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Lamentations | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 3 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 2 (2), Deuteronomy 32 (2), Isaiah 66 (2), Lamentations 4 (2), Genesis 21 (1), Genesis 24 (1), Genesis 32 (1), Genesis 35 (1), Numbers 11 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1)
Forms
- יונק 6
- ויונק 2
- ותינק 2
- מינקת 2
- מינקתו 2
- הינק 1
- וינקים 1
- וינקי 1
- היניקה 1
- מיניקות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yanaq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עוֹלֵל olel “infant” 7
- שַׁד shad “breast” 6
- חֶדֶר cheder “chamber” 4
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 7
- בַּת bat “daughter” 6
- אָחוֹת achot “sister” 4
- מוּת mut “to die” 5
- פֶּתֶן peten “cobra” 2
- שָׁעַע shaa “to delight” 2
- עֲתַלְיָהוּ atalyah “Athaliah” 2
- בֶּרֶךְ berekh “knee” 2
- רִבְקָה rivqah “Rebekah” 2
Key verses
The verses using yanaq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 32:13 — He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of…
- Deuteronomy 32:25 — The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
- 1 Samuel 15:3 — Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and…
- Psalms 8:2 — Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
- Song of Solomon 8:1 — O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
- Isaiah 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the…
- 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…
- Isaiah 66:12 — For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be…
- Jeremiah 44:7 — Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and…
- Lamentations 2:11 — Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children…
- Lamentations 4:3 — Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
- Joel 2:16 — Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his…
See all 30 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.