נכנע

Hebrew

Root
כ־נ־ע (k-n-ʿ)
3 terms

The sense found in the Tanach is semantically the passive of הִכְנִיע (hikhnía, “to humble, subdue”).

נִכְנַע • (nikhná) (nif'al construction)

to surrender
(Biblical Hebrew) to be brought low, subdued
- Tanach, Judges 3:30, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַתִּכָּנַע מוֹאָב בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא תַּחַת יַד יִשְׂרָאֵל וַתִּשְׁקֹט הָאָרֶץ שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה׃
  So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

Conjugation of **נִכְנַע** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		להיכנע / לְהִכָּנַע
non-finite forms		action noun		היכנעות / הִכָּנְעוּת

finite forms		m	f	m	f
past	first	נִכְנַעְתִּי		נִכְנַעְנוּ
	second	נִכְנַעְתָּ	נִכְנַעְתְּ	נִכְנַעְתֶּם	נִכְנַעְתֶּן
	third	נִכְנַע	נִכְנְעָה	נִכְנְעוּ
present		נִכְנָע	נִכְנַעַת	נִכְנָעִים	נִכְנָעוֹת
future	first	אֶכָּנַע		ניכנע / נִכָּנַע
	second	תיכנע / תִּכָּנַע	תיכנעי / תִּכָּנְעִי	תיכנעו / תִּכָּנְעוּ	תיכנענה / תִּכָּנַעְנָה¹
	third	ייכנע / יִכָּנַע	תיכנע / תִּכָּנַע	ייכנעו / יִכָּנְעוּ	תיכנענה / תִּכָּנַעְנָה¹
imperative	positive	היכנע / הִכָּנַע	היכנעי / הִכָּנְעִי	היכנעו / הִכָּנְעוּ	היכנענה / הִכָּנַעְנָה¹
imperative	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Rare in Modern Hebrew.

H3665 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Klein, Ernest (1987), “כָּנַע”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 280c
“נכנע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Borrowed from Hebrew נִכְנַע (nikhná, “to surrender, be brought low”)

נכנע • (nikhne) m, plural נכנעים (nikhnoim)

Justus van de Kamp et al., “נכנע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [2].