נָכֵא

«נָכֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: a stricken spirit — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: lemma:נָכֵא · BDB: נָכֵא

Glosses

stricken (2); [is].stricken (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

a stricken spirit tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. id. tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. id., always f. רוּחַ נְכֵאָה a stricken spirit, Pr 15:13; 17:22 (both opp. לֵב שָׂמֵחַ), 18:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «נָכֵא» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 17:22

לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־גָּֽרֶם׃

Word for word: a.heart joyful it.makes.good healing and a.spirit stricken it.dries.up [the].bone[s]

JPS 1917: A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 15:13

לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב פָּנִ֑ים וּבְעַצְּבַת־לֵ֝ב ר֣וּחַ נְכֵאָֽה׃

Word for word: a.heart joyful it.makes.good a.face and by sorrow of.heart a.spirit [is].stricken

JPS 1917: A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

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