Lexical Definition

‎מוֹט‎ môwṭ (mote) to shake ^H:V
a primitive root

be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.

• to waver
• by implication, to slip, shake, fall

1) to totter, shake, slip
1a) (Qal) to totter, shake, slip
1b) (Niphal) to be shaken, be moved, be overthrown
1c) (Hiphil) to dislodge, let fall, drop
1d) (Hithpael) to be greatly shaken

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מוֺט‎] verb totter, shake, slip (usually in poetry) (Late Hebrew id., derived species; Aramaic , ‎מוּט‎; Arabic (medial ‎י‎) remove, retire; deviate from right course; repel, push, thrust; Ethiopic turn; Assyrian ma‰û is dwindle, diminish, grow weak Dl^{HWB 405}; > denominative from ‎מוט‎ pole, bar Dl^Prol.184 Gerber^{Verb. denominative 195 f.}, compare Buhl); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎מָ֫טָה‎ Ps 60:4* + 2 t.; 3 plural ‎מָ֫טוּ‎ Ps 46:7* Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תָּמוּט‎ Deut 32:35; Isa 54:10 3 feminine plural ‎תְּמוּטֶינָה‎ Isa 54:10 Infinitive construct ‎מוֺט‎ Ps 38:17*; Ps 46:3* absolute id. Isa 24:19 Participle ‎מָט‎ Isa 25:26 plural ‎מָטִים‎ Prov 24:11 — totter, slip, subject ‎רֶגֶל‎ (figurative of insecurity) Deut 32:35; Ps 38:17*; Ps 94:18: compare (without ‎רֶגֶל‎) Prov 24:11 ‎לַהֶרֶד‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎; ‎לִפְנֵירָֿשָׁע‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Prov 25:26 shake, intransitive, subject ‎יָד‎ Lev 25:35 (H; of feebleness); subject ‎גְּבָעוֺת‎ Isa 54:10 (|| ‎מוּשׁ‎); ‎הָרִים בְלֵב יַמִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 46:3* (|| ‎הֵמִיר‎, compare ‎מור‎) (both symbolic of extreme insecurity); compare subject ‎בְּרִית‎ Isa 54:10 subject ‎מַמְלָכוֺת‎ Ps 46:7* subject ‎אֶרֶץ‎ (= land) Ps 60:4* compare Isa 24:19 (see below Hithpa`el) Niph`al Perfect 3 plural ‎נָמ֫וֺטוּ‎ Ps 17:5 Imperfect ‎יִמּוֺט‎ Ps 15:5 + 8 t., etc.; — all in poetry, mostly with negative (‎בַּל‎ 13 t.; ‎לֹא‎ 6 t.), be shaken, moved, overthrown, of idols Isa 40:20; Isa 41:7 of scales of crocodile Job 41:15* of ‎תֵּבֵל‎ 1Chr 16:30 = Ps 93:1; Ps 96:10 of ‎אֶרֶץ‎ Ps 104:5 of ‎הַרצִֿיּוֺן‎ Ps 125:1, compare Ps 46:6* figurative of general disorder (no negative), subject ‎מוֺסְדֵי אֶרֶץ‎ Ps 82:5 often of righteous, as secure, Ps 10:6; Ps 15:5; Ps 16:8; Ps 21:8*; Ps 30:7*; Ps 62:3*; Ps 62:7*; Ps 112:6; Prov 10:30; Prov 12:3 (subject ‎צַדִּיקִים שֹׁרֶשׁ‎); compare (without negative) Ps 13:5*; Ps 140:11* Qr (so apparently ᵐ5 AV RV; but meaning of Niph`al not suitable; Kt Hiph`il q. v.); figurative of steadfast obedience (subject ‎פְּעָמַי‎) Ps 17:5. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יָמִ֫יטוּ‎ Ps 55:4*; Ps 140:11* Kt (Qr Niph`al); — dislodge, let fall, drop ‎יָמִיטוּ עָלַי אָ֫וֶן‎ Ps 55:4* compare ‎גֶּחָלִים וימיטו עֲלֵיהֶם‎ Ps 140:11* Kt, and may they drop coals upon them, De and others; < read ‎יַמְטִיר‎ (Hup Gr Bae Dr), which Bi Che insert. Hithpo`el. Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎הִתְמוֺטְטָה מוֺט‎ Isa 24:19 be greatly shaken (subject ‎אֶדֶץ‎ in judgment of' ‎׳‎‎י‎; || ‎רעע‎, ‎פרר‎, Hithpa`el)

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