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# יָקַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3344

**be kindled** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be kindled [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3344/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָקַד: vb. be kindled, burn [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3344/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be kindled, burn (Aramaic יְקַד, ܝܺܩܶܕ, burn, intrans.; Arabic وَقَدَ, id.)— Impf. 3 ms. יֵקַד Is 10:16; 3 fs. וַתִּיקַד Dt 32:22; Pt. act. f. יֹקֶ֫דֶת Is 65:5; pass. יָקוּד 30:14;—be kindled, fig. of judgment, יֵקַד יְקֹד כִּיקוֹד אֵשׁ Is 10:16; so burn, Dt 32:22 a fire hath been kindled (קָֽדְחָה) in my wrath, וַתִּיקַד עַד־שְׁאוֹל and it burneth unto Sheʾôl; fig. of people displeasing to י׳, אֵלֶּה עָשָׁן בְּאַפִּי אֵשׁ יֹקֶדֶת כָּל־הַיּוֹם Is 65:5; pt. יָקוּד kindled, as subst. לַחְתּוֹת אֵשׁ מִיָּקוּד 30:14 to take fire from that which is kindled, i. e. from the hearth (LgBN 60). Impf. 3 fs. תּוּקַד Lv 6:2, 5, 6; תּוּקָ֑ד Je 15:14; 17:4;—be burning, burn, of (perpetual) altar-fire Lv 6:2, 5, 6 (P); fig. of י׳’s judgment, אֵשׁ קָֽדְחָה בְּאַפִּי עֲלֵיכֶם תּוּקָ֑ד Je 15:14, similarly 17:4 (cf. Dt 32:22 supr., as prob. source of both).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will burn (6); \[which\] burns (1); it has burned (1).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 6:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.6/#tree)

אֵ֗שׁ תָּמִ֛יד תּוּקַ֥ד עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֹ֥א תִכְבֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.fire continually it.will.burn on the altar not it.will.be.extinguished

*JPS 1917:* Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.

[Jeremiah 15:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.14/#tree)

וְהַֽעֲבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֣א יָדָ֑עְתָּ כִּֽי־אֵ֛שׁ קָדְחָ֥ה בְאַפִּ֖י עֲלֵיכֶ֥ם תּוּקָֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.will.make.to.pass (et) enemies your in a.land \[which\].not you.have.known (dm) a.fire it.has.been.kindled in anger my towards you it.will.burn

*JPS 1917:* And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in My nostril, which shall burn upon you.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3344.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3344/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).