H4127

מוּג

mugH:V

to melt

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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 וּתְמֹגְגֵ֫נִי 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).

9 occurrences

Exodus (1), Joshua (2), I Samuel (1), Job (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Amos (1), Nahum (1)