Lexical Definition

‎דּוֹנַג‎ dôwnag (do-nag') wax ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

wax.

• wax

1) wax (always figurative 'of melting')

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דּוֺנַג‎ noun masculine wax, ‎דּוֺנַג‎ Mic 1:4 + 2 t.; ‎דּוֺנָג֑‎ Ps 22:15* — always in simile, of melting; at theophany hills melt like wax Ps 97:5 like wax before fire Mic 1:4 wicked perish as wax melteth before fire Ps 68:3* heart melteth like wax Ps 22:15* (simile of fear, despair). On ‎׳‎‎ד‎ in Ps 118:12 compare Bae Che^{critical note}.

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