Know the Word.

Hebrew word

yâqaʻ

yaw-kah'

יָקַע

What it means

properly, to sever oneself, i.e. to be dislocated

properly, to sever oneself, i.e. (by implication) to be dislocated; figuratively, to abandon; causatively, to impale (and thus allow to drop to pieces by rotting)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • hang2
  • hanged2
  • joint1
  • depart1
  • alienated1

Every place it appears 7

Genesis32:25
Numbers25:4
Jeremiah6:8
Ezekiel23:18
yâqaʻ — Hebrew word meaning “properly, to sever oneself, i.e.”