Lexical Definition

‎מָרַק‎ mâraq (maw-rak') to polish ^H:V
a primitive root

bright, furbish, scour.

• to polish
• by implication, to sharpen
• also to rinse

1) to scour, polish
1a) (Qal) to scour, polish
1b) (Pual) to be scoured

See Greek: προβάλλω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎מָרַק‎] verb scour, polish (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎מְרַק‎; compare Arabic scrape off wool from a skin); —

Qal Imperative ‎מִרְקוּ הָֽרְמָחִים‎ Jer 46:4 polish the lances! Passive participle ‎מָרוּק‎ 2Chr 4:16 polished, of bronze utensils of temple (= ‎מְמוֺרָט‎ 1Kgs 7:45). Hiph`il Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎חַמְרִיק‎ only Prov 20:30 Kt, figurative, in clause ‎בְּרָ֑ע‎ ‎׳‎‎חַבֻּרוֺת פֶּצַע ת‎ blows that cut in, cleanse away evil (compare De Now Wild VB); Qr ‎תַּמְרוּק‎ i.e. (are) a cleaning. (ᵐ5 συναντᾷ κακοῖς, whence Gr ‎תַּקְדִּים‎, Frankenb. ‎תִּקְרֶינָה‎, but improbable). Pu`al Perfect ‎וּמֹרַק‎ consecutive Lev 6:21* be well scoured, of bronze vessel (|| ‎וְשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּ֑יִם‎).

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