נָקַשׁ

na.qash

to snare

Strong’s H5367Verb5 times in the Hebrew Bible

you should be ensnared1

setting traps1

he is striking down1

they set traps1

may he strike1

In the text

Deuteronomy 12:30תִּנָּקֵשׁ
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
1 Samuel 28:9מִתְנַקֵּשׁ
But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
Psalm 9:16נוֹקֵשׁ
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

[נָקַשׁ] vb. knock, strike, only in specif. sense of hit, strike or bring down (a bird), and only fig.

Qal he striketh down the wicked

Niph. lest thou be thrust (impelled) after them

Pi. let the creditor strike at, take aim at

Hithp. why art thou striking at my life?

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.