taka · drive in; blow, clap

What it means

taka (תָּקַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drive in; blow, clap”.

Drive in with blows (a tent peg, a stake); blow a trumpet; clap the hands, in joy or to seal a pledge.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To blow the trumpet.
2. To drive in a peg or nail something firmly.
3. To shake hands to seal a deal.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To strike with a single blow: to drive in a stake, pitch a tent, blow a wind instrument with a blast of air, clap the hands. With “the palm”, to strike hands to stand surety for another.

• Driving in a peg or a sword Judges 4:21Judges 3:21Isaiah 22:23
• Pitching a tent Genesis 31:25
• Blowing the trumpets or the horns Numbers 10:8Joshua 6:41 Kings 1:39
• Clapping the hands Psalms 47:1
• Striking hands as a surety Proverbs 6:1Proverbs 17:18

Historical and cultural background

Proverbs warns against standing surety for another by striking hands: “{if} you have struck your palms with a stranger” (Proverbs 6:1; 17:18).

How we translate it

“Blow” 22 times, “blew” 17, “blowing” 5, “blown” 4 when the object is an instrument (Numbers 10:8). “Drove” with pegs (Judges 4:21), “thrust” with a sword (Judges 3:21), “pitched” with a tent (Genesis 31:25), “clap” with the hands (Psalm 47:1), “struck your palms” for the surety (Proverbs 6:1).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• blow ×22
• blew ×17
• blowing ×5
• blown ×4
• clap ×2
• drove ×2
• they fastened ×2
• I will drive him ×1
• among those who strike ×1
• blows ×1
• others ×11

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×1
• Numbers×8
• Joshua×8
• Judges×11
• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Samuel×5
• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×2
• Proverbs×4
• Isaiah×4
• Jeremiah×4
• Ezekiel×3
• Hosea×1
• Joel×2
• Amos×1
• Nahum×1
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 31:25

  Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain, and Laban encamped with his brothers in the hill country of Gilead.

• Exodus 10:19

  And YHWH turned it into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Sea of Reeds; not a single locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

• Numbers 10:3

  And when they blow them, the whole community shall gather to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

• Numbers 10:4

  But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather to you.

• Numbers 10:5

  When you blow an acclamation, the camps that camp on the east side shall set out.

• Numbers 10:6

  And when you blow an acclamation the second time, the camps that camp on the south side shall set out; an acclamation they shall blow for their settings out.

• Numbers 10:7

  But when assembling the assembly, you shall blow, but not sound an acclamation.

• Numbers 10:8

  And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be for you a statute forever throughout your generations.

• Numbers 10:10

  And on the day of your rejoicing, and at your appointed times, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be for you a memorial before your Elohim. I am YHWH your Elohim.”

• Joshua 6:4

  And seven priests shall carry seven rams’ horns before the ark. And on the seventh day you shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the horns.

• Joshua 6:8

  And it came about, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before YHWH passed on and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of YHWH was going after them.

• Joshua 6:9

  And the armed men were going before the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard was going after the ark, going on and blowing the horns.

• Joshua 6:13

  And the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of YHWH were going, going on and blowing the horns, and the armed men were going before them, and the rear guard was going after the ark of YHWH, going on and blowing the horns.

• Joshua 6:16

  And it came about, at the seventh time, when the priests blew the horns, that Joshua said to the people, “Raise the acclamation! For YHWH has given you the city.

• Joshua 6:20

  So the people raised the acclamation, and they blew the horns. And it came about, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people raised a great acclamation, and the wall fell in its place; and the people went up into the city, each man straight ahead, and they took the city.

• Judges 3:21

  Ehud reached out his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.

• Judges 3:27

  When he arrived, he blew the horn in the hill country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was before them.

• Judges 4:21

  But Jael the wife of Heber took the peg of the tent and put the hammer in her hand, and she came to him quietly and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; he was fast asleep and exhausted, and he died.

• Judges 6:34

  The spirit of YHWH clothed Gideon, and he blew the horn, and Abiezer was summoned after him.

• Judges 7:18

  When I blow the horn, I and all who are with me, then you also shall blow the horns all around the whole camp and say, ‘For YHWH and for Gideon!’”

• Judges 7:19

  Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the watch in the middle, when they had just set the guards; and they blew the horns and smashed the jars that were in their hand.

• Judges 7:20

  The three companies blew the horns and broke the jars; they held in their left hand the torches, and in their right hand the horns to blow, and they called out, “A sword for YHWH and for Gideon!”

• Judges 7:22

  They blew the three hundred horns, and YHWH set the sword of each against his companion, throughout all the camp; and the camp fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

• Judges 16:14

  And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the warp.

• 1 Samuel 13:3

  Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the horn throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”

• 1 Samuel 31:10

  They put his weapons in the house of the Astartes, and his body they fastened to the wall of Beth-shan.

• 2 Samuel 2:28

  Joab blew the horn, and all the people stood still, and they did not pursue Israel any longer, and they did not continue to fight anymore.

• 2 Samuel 18:14

  Joab said, “I will not wait like this before you.” He took three darts in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the heart of the oak.

• 2 Samuel 18:16

  Joab blew the horn, and the people turned back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab held back the people.

• 2 Samuel 20:1

  There happened to be a wicked man whose name was Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; he blew the horn and said, “We have no portion in David, and no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse! Each man to his tents, Israel!”

• 2 Samuel 20:22

  The woman went to all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the horn, and they scattered from the city, each to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem, to the king.

• 1 Kings 1:34

  And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel; and blow the horn and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

• 1 Kings 1:39

  And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

• 2 Kings 9:13

  They hurried, and each man took his garment and they put it under him on the bare steps; and they blew the shofar and said, “Jehu is king!”

• 2 Kings 11:14

  She looked, and there was the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the commanders and the trumpets beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing the trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and cried out, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”

• 1 Chronicles 10:10

  And they put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they fastened in the house of Dagon.

• 2 Chronicles 23:13

  She looked, and there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the commanders and the trumpets beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing the trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song leading the praise. Athaliah tore her clothes and said, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”

• Nehemiah 4:18

  And the builders, each had his sword girded at his waist, and they built; and the one who blew the horn was beside me.

• Job 17:3

  Lay down my pledge, please; be surety for me with yourself. Who is he that will strike hands with me?

• Psalms 47:1

  For the director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm. All you peoples, clap your hands; shout to Elohim with the voice of shouts of joy.

And 28 more times.