H4743

מָקַק

ma.qaqH:V

to rot

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[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 בְּפִיֶהם ׃ 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.

6 occurrences

Leviticus (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (3), Zechariah (1)