קִעְקֵעַ II (transpos. of עקעק, v. עוּק; cmp. גִּעְגֵּעַ) 1) to engrave (cmp. חָקַק); to etch in. Macc. III, 6 כתב ולא ק׳ ק׳ … וִיקַעְקֵעַ if he writes (on his skin) but makes no impression, or makes an impression but does not write, he is not guilty (of trespassing the law, Lev. XIX, 28) until he writes and stamps with ink &c.; Sifra K’doshim, Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e. —2) to stamp out, exterminate. Y. Ab. Zar. IV, 44ᵃ top, a. e., v. בֵּיצָה. Tosef. B. Kam. X, 5; Y. Gitt. V, 47ᵃ bot. יְקַעְקֵעַ כל הבירה וכ׳ he must (if necessary) take down the entire group of buildings in order to restore it (the stolen beam). Ex. R. s. 35 החריבה אותו אלא שלא קִעְקְעָה אותו וכ׳ she (Babylon) laid the Temple in ruins, but she did not stamp it out, whereas of Edom it is written (Ps. CXXXVII, 7), ‘raze it, raze it &c.’
    Hithpa. - הִתְקַעְקֵעַ,
    Nithpa. - נִתְקַעְקֵעַ to be stamped out, v. בֵּיצָה. Esth. R. to I, 7 מי גרם … שתִּתְקַעְקֵעַ ביצתו וכ׳ what was the cause that Belshazzar’s dynasty was entirely exterminated? Ruth R. to IV, 14 מברכותיהן … לא נִתְקַעְקְעָה ביצתו וכ׳ owing to the blessings of the women, the seed of David was not entirely exterminated in the days of Athaliah. Pesik. R. s. 12 ואימתי שמשו שוקעת וביצתו מִתְקַעְקַעַת וכ׳ and when shall his (Amalek’s) sun go down and his egg be stamped out and his seed uprooted?