Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
א־ב־ק (ʾ-b-q)

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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נֶאֱבַק (ne'evák) (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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