נאבק

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־ב־ק (ʾ-b-q)

Perhaps related to Arabic أَبَقَ (ʔabaqa, to run away, to flee).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ne.(ʔ)eˈvak/
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Verb

נֶאֱבַק • (ne'evák) third-singular masculine past (nif'al construction)

  1. (intransitive) to fight, to wrestle (to be involved in physical confrontation)
    • Tanach, Genesis 32:24, with translation of the New International Version:
      וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר׃
      So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.

Conjugation

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