Yânaq — H3243

H3243 · Hebrew — ינק

Pronunciation: yaw-nak'

Definition

verb

to suck; causatively, to give milk

  1. to suckle, nurse, suck
    1. (Qal)
      1. to suck
      2. suckling, babe (subst)
    2. (Hiphil)
      1. to give suck to, nurse
      2. nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)

Usually translated as

suck, nurse, suckling, sucking child, milch, nursing mother

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yânaq occurs 31 times in 29 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (2), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (3), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (2), Psalms (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (3), Joel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y