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Strong's #4743 - מָקַק
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- to decay, pine away, rot, fester
- (Niphal)
- to fester (of wounds)
- to rot, rot away
- to moulder away
- to pine away
- (Hiphil) to cause to rot
- (Niphal)
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1295) qm (מק MQ) AC: Rot CO: Stink AB: ?: The pictograph m is a picture of water, the q is a picture of the sun at the horizon representing the gathering or condensing of light. Combined these mean "water condensed". During the summer months water holes begin to dry out and the organic matter that remains begins to rot and stink.
A) qm (מק MQ) AC: ? CO: Stink AB: ?: The stinking smell of rotting vegetation.
Nm) qm (מק MQ) - Stink: KJV (2): stink, rottenness - Strongs: H4716 (מַק)
B) qqm (מקק MQQ) AC: Rot CO: ? AB: ?: The rotting vegetation of a dried up pond.
V) qqm (מקק MQQ) - Rot: KJV (10): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil) pine, consume, corrupt, dissolve - Strongs: H4743 (מָקַק)
J) qfm (מוק MWQ) AC: Rot CO: ? AB: ?
V) qfm (מוק MWQ) - Rotten: KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) corrupt - Strongs: H4167 (מוּק)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נָמַ֫קּוּ Psalm 38:6, ׳וְנ consecutive Isaiah 34:4; Ezekiel 4:17; 2 masculine plural וּנֶמַקֹּתֶם consecutive Ezekiel 24:23; Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּמַּק Zechariah 14:12; 3 masculine plural יִמַּ֫קּוּ Leviticus 26:39, יִמָּ֑קּוּ Leviticus 26:39; 3 feminine plural תִּמַּקְנָה Zechariah 14:12; Participle plural נְמַקִּים Ezekiel 33:10; —
1 fester, of wounds Psalm 38:6 ( + הבאישׁ, see באשׁ).
2 rot, rot away, עֵתנָיו תִּמַּקְנָה בְחֹרֵיהֶן וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ תִּמִק בְּפִיֶהם ׃ Zechariah 14:12 (plague upon foes of Jerusalem).
3. moulder away, of צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם Isaiah 34:4 ("" וְנָנֹלוּ כַּסֵּפֶרהַשָּׁמַיִם.
4. of pining away by reason of (בְּ), as punishment for, iniquity Ezekiel 4:17; Ezekiel 24:23; Ezekiel 33:10; Leviticus 26:39 (twice in verse).
Hiph`il Infinitive absolute הָמֵק, transitive בְּשָׂרוֺ׳ה Zechariah 14:12 a causing his flesh to rot.
מָקַק not used in Kal, to melt, to pine away, like the cogn. מָכַךְ, מוּךְ, מוּג, which see. In western stocks to this there appear to answer maceo, macer.
Niphal נָמַק.
(1) to melt, Isaiah 34:4, הַשָּׁמַיִם נָמַקּוּ כָּל צְבָא־ “all the stars of heaven shall melt,” i.e. shall fall melted, here compared by the poet to wax candles, as this image is well explained by Vitringa. [Most will regard this explanation as very strange.] Hence to flow, to run, Psalms 38:6, נָמַקּוּ חֲבוּרֹתָי “my turnours run with corrupt matter.”
(2) to pine, to pine away, of the eyes and tongue, Zechariah 14:12 of persons, Leviticus 26:39; Ezekiel 24:23, 33:10.
Hiphil חֵמֵק causat. to cause to pine away, Zechariah 14:12.
Derivative, מַק.