Lexical Definition

‎מָקַק‎ mâqaq (maw-kak') to rot ^H:V
' a primitive root

consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away.

• to melt
• figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish

1) to decay, pine away, rot, fester
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to fester (of wounds)
1a2) to rot, rot away
1a3) to moulder away
1a4) to pine away
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rot

See Greek: καταφθείρω · ῥέω · σήπω · τήκω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָקַק‎] verb decay, rot, fester, figurative pine away (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic (ᵑ7) ‎מְקַק‎); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 plural ‎נָמַ֫קּוּ‎ Ps 38:6*, ‎׳‎‎וְנ‎ consecutive Isa 34:4; Ezek 4:17 2 masculine plural ‎וּנֶמַקֹּתֶם‎ consecutive Ezek 24:23 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּמַּק‎ Zech 14:12 3 masculine plural ‎יִמַּ֫קּוּ‎ Lev 26:39, ‎יִמָּ֑קּוּ‎ vLev 26:39 3 feminine plural ‎תִּמַּקְנָה‎ Zech 14:12 Participle plural ‎נְמַקִּים‎ Ezek 33:10 —

1. fester, of wounds Ps 38:6* ( + ‎הבאישׁ‎, see ‎באשׁ‎).

2. rot, rot away, ‎עֵתנָיו תִּמַּקְנָה בְחֹרֵיהֶן וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ תִּמִק בְּפִיֶ˜הם ׃‎ Zech 14:12 (plague upon foes of Jerusalem). 3. moulder away, of ‎צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ Isa 34:4 (|| ‎וְנָנֹלוּ כַּסֵּפֶר‎ ‎הַשָּׁמַיִם‎. 4. of pining away by reason of (‎בְּ‎), as punishment for, iniquity Ezek 4:17; Ezek 24:23; Ezek 33:10; Lev 26:39 (twice in verse). Hiph`il Infinitive absolute ‎הָמֵק‎, transitive ‎בְּשָׂרוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Zech 14:12 a causing his flesh to rot.

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