Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to entrap (with a noose), literally or figuratively
KJV Usage: catch (lay a) snare
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָקַשׁ (na.qash) — to snare. 1) to knock, strike, bring down 1a) (Qal) to strike down 1b) (Niphal) to be thrust after, be impelled 1c) (Piel) to strike at, take aim at 1d) (Hithpael) to be struck 2) (CLBL) to ensnare 2a) (Qal) to ensnare 2b) (Niphal) to be ensnared 2c) (Piel) to lay snares 2d) (Hithpael) to lay snares
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · יקשׁ · קושׁ
Control | verb qal, verb pi, verb hit
to entrap, to ensnare = causative action by which humans try to gain control over other humans in an unjust way, ◄ as if they were animals caught in a net or trap
Possess
to seize literally: to ensnare; hence: = action by which humans take possession of the goods of other humans by force
verb
Impact | verb pe'al
to knock together = process by which two objects strike against each other with some force
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָקַשׁ] vb. knock, strike, only in specif. sense of hit, strike or bring down (a bird), and only fig. Qal he striketh down the wicked
Niph. lest thou be thrust (impelled) after them
Pi. let the creditor strike at, take aim at
Hithp. why art thou striking at my life?
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