נָקָה (nāqâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be empty. It appears
44 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5352).
Also rendered
to clear
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1412)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1412)be empty, clean; be cleaned out, free from guilt, innocent, be free, exempt from punishment, exempt from obligation; hold innocent, acquit, leave unpunished; be, make, be bare, extirpated; be blameless, cleanse, clear, clearing…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָקָהverb: be empty, clean
Qalinfinitive absolute
Niphal
1.be cleaned out
2.be clean, free from guilt, innocent
3.be free, exempt from punishment
4.free, exempt from obligation
Piel
1.hold innocent, acquit
2.leave unpunished
Strong's H5352נָקָה: to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated KJV:acquit × at all, × altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, × by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, × utterly, × wholly.
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.