תָּקַע (H8628) — Hebrew Lexicon

תָּקַע

𐤕𐤒𐤏

tâqaʻ

H8628 verb

SILEX Entry

Root תקע to thrust, drive, strike, embed, produce a sound by striking

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.

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.

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Root Family

תקע (t-q-ʿ) — thrusting, driving, striking, embedding, forceful sounding

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	Occurrences
`H8628-06`	תִּקְע֥וּ	tiqeu	`HVqv2mp`	Blow	Drive!	8
`H8628-15`	וַ/יִּתְקַ֥ע	vayiteqa	`HC/Vqw3ms`	and blew	and he thrust forcefully	6
`H8628-05`	תָּקְע֥וּ	taqeu	`HVqp3cp`	they fastened	they thrust	6
`H8628-19`	וַֽ/יִּתְקְע֖וּ	vayiteqeu	`HC/Vqw3mp`	and blew	and they drove/struck	6
`H8628-12`	וּ/תְקַעְתֶּ֖ם	uteqaetem	`HC/Vqq2mp`	and blow	and you thrust	5
`H8628-03`	תָּקַ֤ע	taqa	`HVqp3ms`	blew	he thrust in	4
`H8628-33`	יִתְקְע֖וּ	yiteqeu	`HVqi3mp`	shall blow	they will thrust/strike	3
`H8628-24`	וְ/תָקְע֖וּ	vetaqeu	`HC/Vqq3cp`	and blew	and they thrust-struck	3
`H8628-26`	וְ/תֹקֵ֖עַ	vetoqea	`HC/Vqrmsa`	and blowing	and the striking-one	2
`H8628-14`	וַ/תִּתְקַ֤ע	vatiteqa	`HC/Vqw3fs`	and drove	and she thrust	2
`H8628-29`	יִתָּקַע֮	yitaqa	`HVNi3ms`	is blown	he will be driven in	2
`H8628-25`	וְ/תָק֥וֹעַ	vetaqoa	`HC/Vqa`	and blowing	and thrusting	2
`H8628-04`	תָּקַ֖עְתָּ	taqaeta	`HVqp2ms`	you have struck	you thrust	1
`H8628-08`	תּוֹקֵ֣עַ	toqea	`HVqrmsa`	strikes	the one who strikes	1
`H8628-18`	וַ/יִּתְקָעֵ/ם֙	vayiteqaem	`HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp`	and thrust them	and he thrust them	1
`H8628-10`	תֹקְעִ֣ים	toqeim	`HNcmpa`	handshakes	strikers	1
`H8628-11`	תקעו	tqv	`HVqp3cp`	blowing	they drove in	1
`H8628-23`	וְ/תָקַעְתִּי֙	vetaqaeti	`HC/Vqq1cs`	and-I-will-blow	and I will thrust	1
`H8628-02`	לִ/תְק֑וֹעַ	liteqoa	`HR/Vqc`	to blow	to thrust	1
`H8628-32`	יִתְקָ֑עוּ	yiteqau	`HVqi3mp`	they blow	they will thrust forcefully	1
`H8628-28`	ו/תקעו	vtqv	`HC/Vqv2mp`	blow	Strike forcefully!	1
`H8628-01`	הַ/תְּקוּעָ֖ה	hatequah	`HTd/Vqsfsa`	fastened	embedded	1
`H8628-30`	יִתָּקֵֽעַ	yitaqea	`HVNi3ms`	will strike	will be driven in	1
`H8628-20`	וְ/הַ/תּוֹקֵ֥עַ	vehatoqea	`HC/Td/Vqrmsa`	and-the-one-blowing	and the striking-one	1
`H8628-31`	יִתְקָ֔ע	yiteqa	`HVqi3ms`	will-sound	he will thrust	1
`H8628-17`	וַ/יִּתְקָעֵ֖/הוּ	vayiteqaehu	`HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms`	and drove them	and he thrust him	1
`H8628-22`	וְ/תָקַ֥ע	vetaqa	`HC/Vqq3ms`	and blows	and he thrust	1
`H8628-21`	וְ/כִ/תְקֹ֥עַ	vekhiteqoa	`HC/R/Vqc`	and when blown	and when striking	1
`H8628-09`	תֹּקְעֵ֖י	toqeey	`HVqrmpc`	who were blowing	strikers of	1
`H8628-16`	וַ/יִּתְקָעֶ֖/הָ	vayiteqaeha	`HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs`	and thrust it	and he thrust her	1
`H8628-27`	בְ/תֹֽקְעֵי	vetoqeey	`HR/Vqrmpc`	among those striking	in thrusting-ones of	1
`H8628-07`	תִּתְקְע֖וּ	titeqeu	`HVqi2mp`	you shall blow	you will thrust	1
`H8628-13`	וּ/תְקַעְתִּ֥י/ו	uteqaetiv	`HC/Vqq1cs/Sp3ms`	and I will fasten him	and I will drive him in	1

Occurrences in Scripture

70 total occurrences

SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1
`H8628-03`	Genesis 31:25	תָּקַ֤ע	taqa	`HVqp3ms`	had pitched	he thrust in
`H8628-03`	Genesis 31:25	תָּקַ֥ע	taqa-2	`HVqp3ms`	pitched	he thrust in
`H8628-17`	Exodus 10:19	וַ/יִּתְקָעֵ֖/הוּ	vayiteqaehu	`HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms`	and drove them	and he thrust him
`H8628-24`	Numbers 10:3	וְ/תָקְע֖וּ	vetaqeu	`HC/Vqq3cp`	and-they-shall-blow	and they thrust-struck
`H8628-32`	Numbers 10:4	יִתְקָ֑עוּ	yiteqau	`HVqi3mp`	they blow	they will thrust forcefully
`H8628-12`	Numbers 10:5	וּ/תְקַעְתֶּ֖ם	uteqaetem	`HC/Vqq2mp`	and you shall blow	and you thrust
`H8628-12`	Numbers 10:6	וּ/תְקַעְתֶּ֤ם	uteqaetem	`HC/Vqq2mp`	and you shall sound	and you thrust
`H8628-33`	Numbers 10:6	יִתְקְע֖וּ	yiteqeu	`HVqi3mp`	they shall sound	they will thrust/strike
`H8628-07`	Numbers 10:7	תִּתְקְע֖וּ	titeqeu	`HVqi2mp`	you shall blow	you will thrust
`H8628-33`	Numbers 10:8	יִתְקְע֖וּ	yiteqeu	`HVqi3mp`	shall blow	they will thrust/strike
`H8628-12`	Numbers 10:10	וּ/תְקַעְתֶּ֣ם	uteqaetem	`HC/Vqq2mp`	and-you-shall-blow	and you thrust
`H8628-33`	Joshua 6:4	יִתְקְע֖וּ	yiteqeu	`HVqi3mp`	shall-blow	they will thrust/strike
`H8628-24`	Joshua 6:8	וְ/תָקְע֖וּ	vetaqeu	`HC/Vqq3cp`	and blew	and they thrust-struck
`H8628-11`	Joshua 6:9	תקעו	tqv	`HVqp3cp`	blowing	they drove in
`H8628-09`	Joshua 6:9	תֹּקְעֵ֖י	toqeey	`HVqrmpc`	who were blowing	strikers of
`H8628-25`	Joshua 6:9	וְ/תָק֥וֹעַ	vetaqoa	`HC/Vqa`	and blowing	and thrusting
`H8628-24`	Joshua 6:13	וְ/תָקְע֖וּ	vetaqeu	`HC/Vqq3cp`	and-they-blew	and they thrust-struck
`H8628-25`	Joshua 6:13	וְ/תָק֥וֹעַ	vetaqoa	`HC/Vqa`	and-blowing	and thrusting
`H8628-05`	Joshua 6:16	תָּקְע֥וּ	taqeu	`HVqp3cp`	they blew	they thrust
`H8628-19`	Joshua 6:20	וַֽ/יִּתְקְע֖וּ	vayiteqeu	`HC/Vqw3mp`	and they blew	and they drove/struck
`H8628-16`	Judges 3:21	וַ/יִּתְקָעֶ֖/הָ	vayiteqaeha	`HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs`	and thrust it	and he thrust her
`H8628-15`	Judges 3:27	וַ/יִּתְקַ֥ע	vayiteqa	`HC/Vqw3ms`	that he blew	and he thrust forcefully
`H8628-14`	Judges 4:21	וַ/תִּתְקַ֤ע	vatiteqa	`HC/Vqw3fs`	and drove	and she thrust
`H8628-15`	Judges 6:34	וַ/יִּתְקַע֙	vayiteqa	`HC/Vqw3ms`	and-he-blew	and he thrust forcefully
`H8628-23`	Judges 7:18	וְ/תָקַעְתִּי֙	vetaqaeti	`HC/Vqq1cs`	and-I-will-blow	and I will thrust
`H8628-12`	Judges 7:18	וּ/תְקַעְתֶּ֨ם	uteqaetem	`HC/Vqq2mp`	and-you(pl)-will-blow	and you thrust
`H8628-19`	Judges 7:19	וַֽ/יִּתְקְעוּ֙	vayiteqeu	`HC/Vqw3mp`	and-they-blew	and they drove/struck
`H8628-19`	Judges 7:20	וַֽ֠/יִּתְקְעוּ	vayiteqeu	`HC/Vqw3mp`	and blew	and they drove/struck
`H8628-02`	Judges 7:20	לִ/תְק֑וֹעַ	liteqoa	`HR/Vqc`	to blow	to thrust
`H8628-19`	Judges 7:22	וַֽ/יִּתְקְעוּ֮	vayiteqeu	`HC/Vqw3mp`	and-they-blew	and they drove/struck
`H8628-14`	Judges 16:14	וַ/תִּתְקַע֙	vatiteqa	`HC/Vqw3fs`	and she fastened	and she thrust
`H8628-03`	1 Samuel 13:3	תָּקַ֨ע	taqa	`HVqp3ms`	blew	he thrust in
`H8628-05`	1 Samuel 31:10	תָּקְע֔וּ	taqeu	`HVqp3cp`	they fastened	they thrust
`H8628-15`	2 Samuel 2:28	וַ/יִּתְקַ֤ע	vayiteqa	`HC/Vqw3ms`	and blew	and he thrust forcefully
`H8628-18`	2 Samuel 18:14	וַ/יִּתְקָעֵ/ם֙	vayiteqaem	`HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp`	and thrust them	and he thrust them
`H8628-15`	2 Samuel 18:16	וַ/יִּתְקַ֤ע	vayiteqa	`HC/Vqw3ms`	and blew	and he thrust forcefully
`H8628-15`	2 Samuel 20:1	וַ/יִּתְקַ֣ע	vayiteqa	`HC/Vqw3ms`	and he blew	and he thrust forcefully
`H8628-15`	2 Samuel 20:22	וַ/יִּתְקַע֙	vayiteqa	`HC/Vqw3ms`	and he blew	and he thrust forcefully
`H8628-12`	1 Kings 1:34	וּ/תְקַעְתֶּם֙	uteqaetem	`HC/Vqq2mp`	and blow	and you thrust
`H8628-19`	1 Kings 1:39	וַֽ/יִּתְקְעוּ֙	vayiteqeu	`HC/Vqw3mp`	and they blew	and they drove/struck
`H8628-19`	2 Kings 9:13	וַֽ/יִּתְקְעוּ֙	vayiteqeu	`HC/Vqw3mp`	and blew	and they drove/struck
`H8628-26`	2 Kings 11:14	וְ/תֹקֵ֖עַ	vetoqea	`HC/Vqrmsa`	and blowing	and the striking-one
`H8628-21`	Isaiah 18:3	וְ/כִ/תְקֹ֥עַ	vekhiteqoa	`HC/R/Vqc`	and when blown	and when striking
`H8628-13`	Isaiah 22:23	וּ/תְקַעְתִּ֥י/ו	uteqaetiv	`HC/Vqq1cs/Sp3ms`	and I will fasten him	and I will drive him in
`H8628-01`	Isaiah 22:25	הַ/תְּקוּעָ֖ה	hatequah	`HTd/Vqsfsa`	fastened	embedded
`H8628-29`	Isaiah 27:13	יִתָּקַע֮	yitaqa	`HVNi3ms`	shall be blown	he will be driven in
`H8628-28`	Jeremiah 4:5	ו/תקעו	vtqv	`HC/Vqv2mp`	blow	Strike forcefully!
`H8628-06`	Jeremiah 4:5	תִּקְע֥וּ	tiqeu	`HVqv2mp`	trumpet	Drive!
`H8628-06`	Jeremiah 6:1	תִּקְע֣וּ	tiqeu	`HVqv2mp`	blow	Drive!
`H8628-05`	Jeremiah 6:3	תָּקְע֨וּ	taqeu	`HVqp3cp`	they will pitch	they thrust
`H8628-06`	Jeremiah 51:27	תִּקְע֨וּ	tiqeu	`HVqv2mp`	Blow	Drive!
`H8628-05`	Ezekiel 7:14	תָּקְע֤וּ	taqeu	`HVqp3cp`	They have blown	they thrust
`H8628-22`	Ezekiel 33:3	וְ/תָקַ֥ע	vetaqa	`HC/Vqq3ms`	and blows	and he thrust
`H8628-03`	Ezekiel 33:6	תָקַ֤ע	taqa	`HVqp3ms`	blow	he thrust in
`H8628-06`	Hosea 5:8	תִּקְע֤וּ	tiqeu	`HVqv2mp`	Blow ye	Drive!
`H8628-06`	Joel 2:1	תִּקְע֨וּ	tiqeu	`HVqv2mp`	Blow	Drive!
`H8628-06`	Joel 2:15	תִּקְע֥וּ	tiqeu	`HVqv2mp`	Blow	Drive!
`H8628-29`	Amos 3:6	יִתָּקַ֤ע	yitaqa	`HVNi3ms`	is blown	he will be driven in
`H8628-05`	Nahum 3:19	תָּ֤קְעוּ	taqeu	`HVqp3cp`	clap	they thrust
`H8628-31`	Zechariah 9:14	יִתְקָ֔ע	yiteqa	`HVqi3ms`	will-sound	he will thrust
`H8628-06`	Psalms 47:2	תִּקְעוּ	tiqeu	`HVqv2mp`	clap	Drive!
`H8628-06`	Psalms 81:4	תִּקְע֣וּ	tiqeu	`HVqv2mp`	blow	Drive!
`H8628-04`	Proverbs 6:1	תָּקַ֖עְתָּ	taqaeta	`HVqp2ms`	you have struck	you thrust
`H8628-10`	Proverbs 11:15	תֹקְעִ֣ים	toqeim	`HNcmpa`	handshakes	strikers
`H8628-08`	Proverbs 17:18	תּוֹקֵ֣עַ	toqea	`HVqrmsa`	strikes	the one who strikes
`H8628-27`	Proverbs 22:26	בְ/תֹֽקְעֵי	vetoqeey	`HR/Vqrmpc`	among those striking	in thrusting-ones of
`H8628-30`	Job 17:3	יִתָּקֵֽעַ	yitaqea	`HVNi3ms`	will strike	will be driven in
`H8628-20`	Nehemiah 4:12	וְ/הַ/תּוֹקֵ֥עַ	vehatoqea	`HC/Td/Vqrmsa`	and-the-one-blowing	and the striking-one
`H8628-05`	1 Chronicles 10:10	תָקְע֖וּ	taqeu	`HVqp3cp`	they fastened	they thrust
`H8628-26`	2 Chronicles 23:13	וְ/תוֹקֵ֨עַ֙	vetoqea	`HC/Vqrmsa`	and blowing	and the striking-one

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