יָקַד

Strong’s Definition

to burn

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

(be) burn(-ing), [idiom] from the hearth, kindle.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to burn, kindle, be kindled
• 2.(qal) to be kindled
• 3.(hophal) to burn, be burning,

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâqad; Pronunciation: yaw-kad'