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title: דָּעַךְ — go out · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּעַךְ (1846), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: go out. BDB 1906: vb. go out, be extinguished. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּעַךְ

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«דָּעַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **go out** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 1846 · **BDB:** דָּעַךְ

### Glosses

it.is.extinguished (3); it.will.be.extinguished (2); they.were.extinguished (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

go out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1846/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. go out, be extinguished [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1846/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. go out, be extinguished (poet. \& especially Wisd. lit. (Aramaic דְּעִיךְ, ܕܥܶܟ )— Pf. 3 mpl. דָּֽעֲכוּ Is 43:17; Impf. יִדְעַךְ Pr 20:20, יִדְעָ֑ךְ Jb 18:5 + 4 times;—go out, be extinguished, of lamp, always fig., lamp of wicked (i.e. prosperity) אוֹר רְשָׁעִים Jb 18:5, נֵר ר׳ Jb 18:6; 21:17 Pr 13:9; 20:20; 24:20; of hostile armies Is 43:17 (‖ כָּב֫וּ). Pf. 3 pl. נִדְעֲכוּ be made extinct, dried up, Jb 6:17 (of brooks). Pf. 3 pl. דֹּעֲכוּ of assailants, be extinguished, quenched כְּאֵשׁ קוֹצִים ψ 118:12; but read perhaps בעדו with 𝔊 Bae \& Che, v. Checrit. n.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּעַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1846/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 13:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.9/)

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אוֹר־צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְנֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].light of.righteous.\[people\] it.rejoices and.\[the\] lamp of.wicked.\[people\] it.is.extinguished

*JPS 1917:* The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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[Job 18:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.5/)

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גַּ֤ם א֣וֹר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־יִ֝גַּ֗הּ שְׁבִ֣יב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* also \[the\].light of.wicked.\[people\] it.is.extinguished and not it.shines the.flame his.fire his

*JPS 1917:* Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

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