Hebrew word study

יָנַקyânaq — to suck

Pronounced “yaw-nak'”

to suck; causatively, to give milk

Translated in the King James as: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).

Appears 31 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 4×
Genesis 21:7Genesis 24:59Genesis 32:15Genesis 35:8
Exodus — 2×
Exodus 2:7Exodus 2:9
Numbers — 1×
Numbers 11:12
Deuteronomy — 3×
Deuteronomy 32:13Deuteronomy 32:25Deuteronomy 33:19
1 Samuel — 3×
1 Sam 1:231 Sam 15:31 Sam 22:19
1 Kings — 1×
1 Ki 3:21
2 Kings — 1×
2 Ki 11:2
2 Chronicles — 1×
2 Chr 22:11
Job — 2×
Job 3:12Job 20:16
Psalms — 1×
Psalms 8:2
Song of Solomon — 1×
Song 8:1
Isaiah — 6×
Isaiah 11:8Isaiah 49:23Isaiah 60:16Isaiah 66:11Isaiah 66:12+ 1 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 1×
Jeremiah 44:7
Lamentations — 3×
Lam 2:11Lam 4:3Lam 4:4
Joel — 1×
Joel 2:16

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