יָנַק (ya.naq) means “to suckle” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yaw-nak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יָנַק · ya.naq · to suckle
1) to suckle, nurse, suck 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to suck 1a2) suckling, babe (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to give suck to, nurse 1b2) nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)
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a primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk
KJV glosses: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to nurse | 3 |
| and infants | 2 |
| infants | 2 |
| the infant | 2 |
| along with her nurse | 1 |
| an infant | 1 |
| and his nurse | 1 |
| and infant | 1 |
| and nurse | 1 |
| and nurse him | 1 |
| and nursed | 1 |
| even those nursing | 1 |
| he nourished him | 1 |
| he will suck | 1 |
| i should be nursed | 1 |
| milk | 1 |
| nurse | 1 |
| she put him and his nurse | 1 |
| the nursing infants | 1 |
| they will feast on | 1 |
| who nursed | 1 |
| would nurse | 1 |
| you may nurse | 1 |
| you will drink | 1 |
| you will nurse | 1 |
| your nursing mothers | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| suck | 3 |
| and suckling | 2 |
| and sucklings | 2 |
| him and his nurse | 2 |
| and he made him to suck | 1 |
| and her nurse | 1 |
| and nurse | 1 |
| and shalt suck | 1 |
| and the sucking child | 1 |
| and the sucklings | 1 |
| and those that suck | 1 |
| for they shall suck | 1 |
| he shall suck | 1 |
| milch | 1 |
| nurse | 1 |
| of the sucking child | 1 |
| that i should suck | 1 |
| that she may nurse | 1 |
| that sucked | 1 |
| that ye may suck | 1 |
| the sucking child | 1 |
| the suckling | 1 |
| then shall ye suck | 1 |
| they give suck | 1 |
| thou shalt also suck | 1 |
| thy nursing mothers | 1 |
| to thee a nurse | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 30 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
Read word by wordSo they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
Read word by word30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.16
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
Read word by wordThen his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
Read word by wordPharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
Read word by wordDid I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
Read word by wordHe made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
Read word by wordOutside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
Read word by wordThey will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
Read word by word“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
Read word by wordNow go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
Read word by wordHe also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
Read word by wordThe next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
Read word by wordBut Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
Read word by wordBut Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
Read word by wordWhy were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
Read word by wordHe will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
Read word by wordFrom the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 8.3
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
Read word by wordThe infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
Read word by wordKings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
Read word by wordYou will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Read word by wordso that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
Read word by wordFor this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
Read word by wordSo now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
Read word by wordMy eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
Read word by wordEven jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
Read word by wordThe nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
Read word by wordGather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
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