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Hebrew
Etymology
Perhaps related to Arabic أَبَقَ (ʔabaqa, “to run away, to flee”).
Pronunciation
Verb
נֶאֱבַק • (ne'evák) third-singular masculine past (nif'al construction)
- (intransitive) to fight, to wrestle (to be involved in physical confrontation)
Tanach, Genesis 32:24, with translation of the New International Version:וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר׃- So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
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