Biblica Analytica
H8662 Hebrew

תַּרְתָּ֑ק

tar.taq

Tartak

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Tartak
Transliteration
tar.taq
Strong's Number
H8662
Occurrences
1
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

# Tartak (H8662): A Rare Divine Name Tartak appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, making it one of the rarest terms in the biblical lexicon. According to the lexical data provided, it functions as a proper noun—specifically a divine name or deity designation. The single occurrence prevents us from observing patterns of usage or contextual variation that would normally clarify a word's semantic range or theological significance. The extreme scarcity of this term in the biblical text suggests either marginal religious importance within Hebrew tradition or limited textual preservation. Without additional occurrences to establish comparative context, we cannot determine whether Tartak represents a major or minor deity in ancient Near Eastern religious practice, nor can we assess how Hebrew speakers or writers viewed this figure. The designation remains lexically isolated, available only as a name without supporting evidence of meaning, etymology, or functional usage. For modern readers, Tartak represents a linguistic artifact—a word preserved in scripture but stripped of interpretive context by its solitary appearance. Its presence in the biblical record indicates some historical or polemical reason for its inclusion, but the lexical data alone cannot explain what that reason was or how ancient audiences understood the term.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H8662
Lemma
תַּרְתָּ֑ק
Transliteration
tar.taq
Definition
Tartak
Occurrences
1
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence across the text