יָנַק
yānaq
suck
Strong's H3243VerbHebrewTWOT 874

יָנַק (yānaq) is a Hebrew verb meaning suck. It appears 32 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3243).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 874)

Range of meaning (TWOT 874)suck; give suck to, nurse; give milk; milch, suckling
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יָנַק verb: suck

Strong's H3243 יָנַק: to suck; causatively, to give milk
KJV:milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 21:7Exodus 2:7Numbers 11:12

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