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Strong's #4600 - מָעַךְ
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- to press, squeeze
- (Qal) to be crushed
- (Pual) to be handled, be pressed
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2348) kom (מאהכ MAhK) AC: Crush CO: ? AB: ?: [from: ko- pressing down with the heel]
V) kom (מאהכ MAhK) - Crush: KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Pual) bruise, stuck, press - Strongs: H4600 (מָעַךְ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
rub); — Qal Passive participle וּמָעוּךְוְכָתוּת וְנָתוּק וְכָרוּת Leviticus 22:24 (H), not to be offered to ׳י, reference to emasculation (compare Di); וַחֲנִיתוֺמְעוּכָהבָֿאָרֶץ 1 Samuel 26:7 and his spear pressed (thrust) into the ground.
Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine plural שָׁמָּה מֹעֲכוּ שְׁדֵיהֶן Ezekiel 23:3 there were their breasts squeezed ("" עִשּׂוּ; unchastely; figurative of intercourse of Samaria and Jerusalem with Egypt, involving idolatry).
מָעַךְ to press, to press upon. Part. pass. מָעוּךְ an animal castrated by pressing or bruising the testicles, Leviticus 22:24. 1 Samuel 26:7, חֲנִיתוֹ מְעוּכָה־בָאָרֶץ “his spear was pressed into (i.e. fixed in) the ground.”
Pual, to be pressed, used of the breasts immodestly pressed, Ezekiel 23:3. Hence pr.n. מָעוֹךְ, and
