Lexical Definition

‎זָקַק‎ zâqaq (zaw-kak') to refine ^H:V
a primitive root

fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine.

• to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify

1) to purify, distil, strain, refine
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to purify, distil, strain
1a2) to refine
1b) (Piel) to purge, refine
1c) (Pual) to refine, purify

See Greek: δοκίμιον · δόκιμος · ἐκχέω · ἐπιχέω · καθαρίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎זָקַק‎] verb refine, purify **perhaps properly strain or filter through, compare Job 36:27; Isa 25:6. (Aramaic ‎זְקַק‎; perhaps kindred with Assyrian za‡i‡u, wind, Asrb^{Annals vi. 64 and} Aramaic , ‎זִיקָּא‎ violent wind, violent rain with whirlwind) —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יָזֹ֫קּוּ‎ Job 28:1 object ‎זָהָב‎, Job 36:27 object ‎מָטָר‎ (see Di). Pi`el Perfect ‎וְזִקַּק‎ consecutive Mal 3:3 (|| ‎וְטִהַר‎) figurative, of purifying sons of Levi, like gold and silver ‎כְּזָהָב‎ etc. Pu`al Participle ‎מְזֻקָּק‎ refined, of gold 1Chr 28:18, of silver 1Chr 29:4: Ps 12:7* (‎שׁבעתים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎); of settled wines ‎שְׁמָרִים מְזֻקָּקִים‎ Isa 25:6.

II. ‎זקק‎ (Late Hebrew ‎זָקַק‎ bind, fetter, Aramaic ‎זְקַק‎ id.; compare (perhaps from idea of restraint) Arabic , Aramaic , ‎זִיקָּא‎, ‎זִיקוּקָא‎, Ethiopic all = (wine-) skin, etc.; also Late Hebrew ‎זִיקָה‎, obligation; Aramaic ring).

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