קעקע

Hebrew

Root
ק־ו־ע (q-w-ʿ)
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qaʕəˈqaʕ/, [qaʕăˈqaʕ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qaʕəˈqaʕ/, [qaːʕaˈqaːʕ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ka(ʔ)aˈka/

Noun

קַעֲקַע • (ka'aká) m [pattern: קַלְקַל]

1. tattoo
   • Tanach, Leviticus 19:28, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְשֶׂרֶט לָנֶפֶשׁ לֹא תִתְּנוּ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע לֹא תִתְּנוּ בָּכֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה׃

     You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.

Synonyms

• קַעֲקוּעַ (ka'akúa)
• כְּתוֹבֶת קַעֲקַע (któvet ka'aká)

Verb

קִעְקֵעַ • (transliteration needed) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart קֻעְקַע)

1. to tattoo
2. to destroy, to ruin
3. to undermine

Conjugation

Conjugation of קיעקע / קִעְקֵעַ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְקַעְקֵעַ action noun: קיעקוע / קִעְקוּעַ
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	קיעקעתי / קִעְקַעְתִּי		קיעקענו / קִעְקַעְנוּ
	second	קיעקעת / קִעְקַעְתָּ	קיעקעת / קִעְקַעְתְּ	קיעקעתם / קִעְקַעְתֶּם	קיעקעתן / קִעְקַעְתֶּן
	third	קיעקע / קִעְקֵעַ	קיעקעה / קִעְקְעָה	קיעקעו / קִעְקְעוּ
present		מְקַעְקֵעַ	מְקַעְקַעַת	מְקַעְקְעִים	מְקַעְקְעוֹת
future	first	אֲקַעְקֵעַ		נְקַעְקֵעַ
	second	תְּקַעְקֵעַ	תְּקַעְקְעִי	תְּקַעְקְעוּ	תְּקַעְקַעְנָה1
	third	יְקַעְקֵעַ	תְּקַעְקֵעַ	יְקַעְקְעוּ	תְּקַעְקַעְנָה1
imperative		קַעְקֵעַ	קַעְקְעִי	קַעְקְעוּ	קַעְקַעְנָה1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Synonyms

• (destroy): הָרַס, הִשְׁמִיד
• (undermine): חָתַר, עִרְעֵר

Verb

קֻעְקַע • (transliteration needed) (pu'al construction, active counterpart קִעְקֵעַ)

1. to be tattooed
2. to be destroyed or demolished, to be ruined
3. to be undermined

Synonyms

• (to be undermined): עֻרְעַר

References

• H7085 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “קַעֲקַע”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 586a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1397b
• “קעקע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language