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# יָרַק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3417

**spit** — used 3 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

spit [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3417/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָרַק: vb. spit [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3417/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spit (Ethiopic ወረቀ id.; according to LagBN 200 ii. ירק is not separate √; cf. יֵרָקֹן, and Arabic يَرَقَانٌ robigo)— Pf. and Inf. abs. יָרֹק יָרַק בְּפָנֶיהָ Nu 12:14; 3 fs. consec. וְיָֽרְקָה בְּפָנָיו Dt 25:9; both, as token of contempt. Cf. רָקַק, רֹק.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he had spat (1); only (spit) (1); she will spit (1).

## In the verses

[Numbers 12:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.12.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.12.14/#tree)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה וְאָבִ֙יהָ֙ יָרֹ֤ק יָרַק֙ בְּפָנֶ֔יהָ הֲלֹ֥א תִכָּלֵ֖ם שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים תִּסָּגֵ֞ר שִׁבְעַ֤ת יָמִים֙ מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְאַחַ֖ר תֵּאָסֵֽף׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to Moses and father her only.(spit) he.had.spat in face her ? not will.she.be.put.to.shame seven days she.will.be.shut.up seven days from.\[the\] outside of the camp and after she.will.be.received

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto Moses: 'If her father had but spit in her face, should she not hide in shame seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.'

[Deuteronomy 25:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.9/#tree)

וְנִגְּשָׁ֨ה יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ אֵלָיו֮ לְעֵינֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִים֒ וְחָלְצָ֤ה נַעֲלוֹ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְל֔וֹ וְיָרְקָ֖ה בְּפָנָ֑יו וְעָֽנְתָה֙ וְאָ֣מְרָ֔ה כָּ֚כָה יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִבְנֶ֖ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָחִֽיו

*Word for word:* and she.will.draw.near wife his.brother's to him to the.eyes of the.elders and she.will.draw.off sandal his from on foot his and she.will.spit in face his and she.will.answer and she.will.say thus let.it.be.done to the man who not he.will.build (et) the.house his.brother his

*JPS 1917:* then shall his brother's wife draw nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say: 'So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3417.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3417/): 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).