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נְפַק nᵉphaq — (Aramaic) a primitive root

pronounced nef-ak' · Strong's H5312 · 12 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Pe'al, Haph'el

Translated in the KJV as come (go, take) forth.

(Aramaic) a primitive root; to issue; causatively, to bring out.

nᵉphaq in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 4Participle (active) 2Imperative 1

נֶפְקַ֔ת Dan 2:13 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. (KJV)

נְפַ֣ק Dan 2:14 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: (KJV)

פֻּ֣קוּ Dan 3:26 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. (KJV)

Haph'el

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 5

הַנְפֵּק֙ Ezra 5:14 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; (KJV)

הַנְפֵּ֛ק Ezra 6:5 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. (KJV)

הַנְפֵּק֙ Dan 5:2 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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