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nāqīq נָקִיק ‘cleft’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to bore

nāqīq n, m
1) cleft (of a rock)

Mentioned in Isaiah 7:19 Jeremiah 13:4, 16:16

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