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title: מָכַךְ — be low · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָכַךְ (4355), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be low. BDB 1906: vb. be low, humiliated. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָכַךְ

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«מָכַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be low** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4355 · **BDB:** מָכַךְ

### Glosses

it.comes.low (1); they.are.brought.low (1); they.became.low (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be low [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4355/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be low, humiliated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4355/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be low, humiliated (Aramaic מְכַךְ, ܡܰܟ; Arabic مَكَّ is suck entirely out, diminish, consume);— Impf. וַיָּמֹ֫כּוּ ψ 106:43 of perverse Isr. Impf. יִמַּךְ Ec 10:18 sink (in decay) of house-timbers. Pf. וְהֻמְּכוּ Jb 24:24 be brought low, of wicked.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָכַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4355/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.18/)

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בַּעֲצַלְתַּ֖יִם יִמַּ֣ךְ הַמְּקָרֶ֑ה וּבְשִׁפְל֥וּת יָדַ֖יִם יִדְלֹ֥ף הַבָּֽיִת׃

*Word for word:* in laziness(es) it.comes.low the rafter\[s\] and in lowering of.hands it.leaks the house

*JPS 1917:* By slothfulness the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

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[Psalms 106:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.43/)

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פְּעָמִ֥ים רַבּ֗וֹת יַצִּ֫ילֵ֥ם וְ֭הֵמָּה יַמְר֣וּ בַעֲצָתָ֑ם וַ֝יָּמֹ֗כּוּ בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃

*Word for word:* times many he delivered.them and they they.rebelled by plan\[s\] their and they.became.low by iniquity their

*JPS 1917:* Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity.

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