קעקע

קַעֲקַע • (ka'aka) m

1. tattoo

• Leviticus 19:28, with translation of the New International Version:

  ‏וְשֶׂ֣רֶט לָנֶ֗פֶשׁ לֹ֤א תִתְּנוּ֙ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔ם וּכְתֹ֣בֶת קַֽעֲקַ֔ע לֹ֥א תִתְּנ֖וּ בָּכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֹֽה:‎‎

  Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

• כְּתוֹבֶת קַעֲקַע‎

קִעְקֵעַ • (transliteration needed) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart קֻעְקַע)

1. to tattoo
2. to destroy, to ruin
3. to undermine

• (destroy): הָרַס‎, הִשְׁמִיד‎
• (undermine): חָתַר‎, עִרְעֵר‎

קֻעְקַע • (transliteration needed) (pu'al construction, active counterpart קִעְקֵעַ)

1. to be tattooed
2. to be destroyed or demolished, to be ruined
3. to be undermined

• (to be undermined): עֻרְעַר‎