{"def":{"short":"to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)","long":["to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint",["(Qal)",["to pierce, bore","to prick off, designate"],"(Niphal) to be pricked off, be designated, be specified"],"(Qal) to curse, blaspheme"]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"n̪ɔːˈk’ɑb","ipa_mod":"nɑːˈkɑv","sbl":"nāqab","dic":"naw-KAHB","dic_mod":"na-KAHV"}}