{"def":{"short":"to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e., extirpated","long":["to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off",["(Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure","(Niphal)",["to be cleaned out, be purged out","to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent","to be free, be exempt from punishment","to be free, be exempt from obligation"],"(Piel)",["to hold innocent, acquit","to leave unpunished"]]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"n̪ɔːˈk’ɔː","ipa_mod":"nɑːˈkɑː","sbl":"nāqâ","dic":"naw-KAW","dic_mod":"na-KA"}}