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title: זָקַק — refine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָקַק (2212), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: refine. BDB 1906: vb. refine, purify. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָקַק

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«זָקַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **refine** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 2212 · **BDB:** זָקַק

### Glosses

refined (4); \[which\].people.refine (1); he.will.refine (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

refine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2212/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. refine, purify [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2212/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. refine, purify (Aramaic זְקַק; perhaps kindr. with Assyrian zaḳiḳu, wind, Asrb.Annals vi.64 and Aramaic ܙܺܝܩܳܐ, זִיקָּא violent wind, violent rain with whirlwind)— Impf. 3 mpl. יָזֹ֫קּוּ Jb 28:1 obj. זָהָב, 36:27 obj. מָטָר (v. Di). perhaps proposes 4, of gold 1 Ch 28:18, of silver 1 Ch 29:4: ψ 12:7 (מ׳ שׁבעתים); of settled wines שְׁמָרִים מְזֻקָּקִים Is 25:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָקַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2212/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.27/)

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כִּ֭י יְגָרַ֣ע נִטְפֵי־מָ֑יִם יָזֹ֖קּוּ מָטָ֣ר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.draws.up drops of.water they.refine rain to mist his

*JPS 1917:* For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;

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[Job 28:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.1/)

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כִּ֤י יֵ֣שׁ לַכֶּ֣סֶף מוֹצָ֑א וּ֝מָק֗וֹם לַזָּהָ֥ב יָזֹֽקּוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) there.\[is\] for (the) silver a.mine and a.place for (the) gold \[which\].people.refine

*JPS 1917:* For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

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