מָקַק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4743

decay — used 10 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

decay tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָקַק: vb. decay, rot, fester pine away tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. decay, rot, fester, fig. pine away (NH id.; Aramaic (𝔗) מְקַק);— Pf. 3 pl. נָמַ֫קּוּ ψ 38:6, וְנ׳ consec. Is 34:4 Ez 4:17; 2 mpl. וּנְמַקֹּתֶם consec. Ez 24:23; Impf. 3 fs. תִּמַּק Zc 14:12; 3 mpl. יִמַּ֫קּוּ Lv 26:39, יִמָּ֑קּוּ v 39; 3 fpl. תִּמַּקְנָה Zc 14:12; Pt. pl. נְמַקִּים Ez 33:10;— fester, of wounds ψ 38:6 (+ הבאישׁ v. באשׁ). rot, rot away, עֵינָיו תִּמַּקְנָה בְחֹרֵיהֶן וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ תִּמַּק בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ Zc 14:12 (plague upon foes of Jerusalem). moulder away, of צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם Is 34:4 (‖ וְנָגֹלּוּ כַּסֵּפֶר הַשָּׁמַיִם). of pining away by reason of (בְּ), as punishment for, iniquity Ez 4:17; 24:23; 33:10 Lv 26:39(×2). Inf. abs. הָמֵק, trans. ה׳ בְּשָׂרוֹ Zc 14:12 a causing his flesh to rot.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they will rot away (4); [are] rotting away (1); he will cause to rot (1).

In the verses

Psalms 38:6 · tree →

הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ נָ֭מַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃

Word for word: they.stink they.fester wounds my because of folly my

JPS 1917: My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.

Ezekiel 4:17 · tree →

לְמַ֥עַן יַחְסְר֖וּ לֶ֣חֶם וָמָ֑יִם וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאָחִ֔יו וְנָמַ֖קּוּ בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃פ

Word for word: so.that they.may.lack bread and water and they.will.be.appalled everyone and brother his and they.will.rot.away in iniquity their

JPS 1917: that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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