Lexical Definition

‎מוּג‎ mûwg (moog) to melt ^H:V
a primitive root

consume, dissolve, (be) faint(-hearted), melt (away), make soft.

• to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)

1) to melt, cause to melt
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to melt, faint
1a2) to cause to melt
1b) (Niphal) to melt away
1c) (Polel) to soften, dissolve, dissipate
1d) (Hithpolel) to melt, flow

See Greek: ἀποῤῥίπτω · ἐξίστημι · θραύω · σαλεύω · σύμφυτος · ταράσσω · τήκω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מוּג‎ verb melt (ᵑ7 ‎מוּג‎ Ithpe`el, Ps 46:7*; Ps 107:26 compare Arabic surge (of the sea), Qor 18:99; a wave); **in view of prevailing figurative use, and of Arabic () be in tumult, commotion, of sea, people, be agitated, perplexed, it is perhaps dubious whether melt is original meaning; be moved, agitated is usually possibly, and even Amos 9:13; Ps 65:11* (both late), where (especially Amos) moistening is suggested, this may be perhaps derived from agitating, loosening, dissolving. —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תָּמוּג‎ 46:7; ‎וַתָּמוֺג‎ Amos 9:5 2 masculine singular suffix ‎וַתְּמוּגֵ֫נוּ‎ Isa 64:6* (but read probably ‎וַתְּמַגְּנֵנוּ‎, see [ ‎מָגַן‎] p.171 above, and compare Di > Du ‎תְּמַגְּנֵנוּ‎); Infinitive ‎לָמוּג‎ Ezek 21:20* —

1. melt, subject ‎אֶרֶץ‎, at touch of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Amos 9:5 at voice of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 46:7* = faint (of heart), Ezek 21:20*.

2. transitive cause to melt Isa 64:6* (but see above) Niph`al Perfect ‎נָמוֺג‎ Nah 2:7* + 2 t.; 3 plural ‎נָמֹ֫גוּ‎ Exod 15:15 + 3 t.; Participle plural ‎נְמֹגִים‎ Ps 75:4* — melt away, figurative for be helpless, disorganized (through terror, etc.) Exod 15:15 (compare context), Josh 2:9; Josh 2:24; 1Sam 14:16 (compare We Dr), Jer 49:23, compare Nah 2:7*; Isa 14:31; Ps 75:4*. Po>l. soften, dissolve, active: only Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix (subject God): ‎בִּרְבִיבִם‎ ‎תְּמֹגְגֶנָּה‎ Ps 65:11* thou softenest it [the earth] with showers; figurative, = dissipate ‎וּתְ˜מֹגְגֵ֫נִי‎ Job 30:22 — We reads ‎וַיְמֹגֵג‎ Hab 3:6 for ‎וַיְמֹדֶד‎, see ‎מדד‎ Po`el Hithpo`el Perfect 3 plural ‎הִתְמֹגָָֽגוּ‎ Nah 1:5 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּתְמוֺגָ֑ג‎ Ps 107:26 3 feminine plural ‎תִּתְמוֺגַגְנָה‎ Amos 9:13 — melt, subject hills (before ‎׳‎‎י‎) Nah 1:5 subject ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎ Ps 107:26 (in terror); hyperb. for flow Amos 9:13 (of fertile hills, || ‎הִטִּ֫יפוּ הֶהָרִים‎).

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