- נְקַב
- נְקַבch. same, to perforate. Targ. 2 Kings 12:10; a. fr.Ḥull.48a אי האי נְקִיבוכ׳ whether this lobe is perforated or the other; a. e. Pa. נַקֵּיב same. Ib. b נַקּוּבֵי נקיב ואתאי the needle perforated (the entrails) and came into the lungs. Ithpe. אִינְּקִיב, אִינְּקַב to be perforated Ib. Ib. 45a; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.