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נָקָה — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: נָקָה

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נָקָה

nāqâ

be empty

[נָקָה] vb. be empty(?), clean

Qal Inf. Abs.

Niph.

1. be cleaned out

2. be clean, free from guilt, innocent

3. be free, exempt from punishment

4. free, exempt from obligation

Pi.

1. hold innocent, acquit

2. leave unpunished

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.