nāqā נָקָה ‘to clear’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

nāqā v
1) to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off
 1a) (Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be cleaned out, be purged out
  1b2) to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent
  1b3) to be free, be exempt from punishment
  1b4) to be free, be exempt from obligation
 1c) (Piel)
  1c1) to hold innocent, acquit
  1c2) to leave unpunished