Lexical Definition

‎בּוּךְ‎ bûwk (book) to perplex ^H:V
a primitive root

be entangled, (perplexed).

• to involve (literally or figuratively)

1) to perplex, confuse, be confused
1a) (Niphal) to be confused, be in confusion

See Greek: πλανάω · ταράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בּוּךְ‎ verb perplex, confuse (? Arabic stir up (water of spring) then be disturbed, confused; compare Assyrian bâku, lead captive, originally lead astray? COT Ezra 4:2) — only Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נָב֫וֺכָה‎ Esth 3:15 3 masculine plural ‎נָבֹ֫כוּ‎ Joel 1:18 Participle plural ‎נְבֻכִים‎ Exod 14:3 — be confused, in confusion (of a city) Esth 3:15 = wander aimlessly (of Israel) Exod 14:3 so of cattle Joel 1:18 (Merx proposes ‎בָּכוּ‎, after ᵐ5 ἔκλαυσαν, but ‎בכה‎ not elsewhere of cattle).

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