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title: מָעַךְ — press · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָעַךְ (4600), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: press. BDB 1906: vb. press, squeeze. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָעַךְ

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«מָעַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **press** — 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:** 4600 · **BDB:** מָעַךְ

### Glosses

\[one.which.is\].squeezed (1); \[was\].thrust (1); they.were.touched (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

press [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4600/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. press, squeeze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4600/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. press, squeeze (NH id.; 𝔗 מְעַךְ; Arabic مَعَكَ rub);— Pt. pass. וּמָעוּךְ וְכָתוּת וְנָתוּק וְכָרוּת Lv 22:24 (H), not to be offered to י׳, reference to emasculation (cf. Di); וַחֲנִיתוֹ מְעוּכָה־בָאָרֶץ 1 S 26:7 and his spear pressed (thrust) into the ground. Pf. 3 mpl. שָׁמָּה מֹעֲכוּ שְׁדֵיהֶן Ez 23:3 there were their breasts squeezed (‖ עִשּׂוּ; unchastely; fig. of intercourse of Samaria and Jerus. with Egypt, involving idolatry).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָעַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4600/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 22:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.24/)

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וּמָע֤וּךְ וְכָתוּת֙ וְנָת֣וּק וְכָר֔וּת לֹ֥א תַקְרִ֖יבוּ לַֽיהוָ֑ה וּֽבְאַרְצְכֶ֖ם לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃

*Word for word:* and \[one.which.is\].squeezed and \[one.which.is\].crushed and \[one.which.is\].torn and \[one.which.is\].cut not you.will.present to Yahweh and in land your not you.will.do.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or torn, or cut, ye shall not offer unto the LORD; neither shall ye do thus in your land.

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[Ezekiel 23:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.3/)

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וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָה בְמִצְרַ֔יִם בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן זָנ֑וּ שָׁ֚מָּה מֹעֲכ֣וּ שְׁדֵיהֶ֔ן וְשָׁ֣ם עִשּׂ֔וּ דַּדֵּ֖י בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and they.acted.as.prostitutes in Egypt in youth(s) their they.acted.as.prostitutes there (to) they.were.touched breasts their and there people.squeezed the.nipples their.virginiti(es) their

*JPS 1917:* and they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth; there were their bosoms pressed, and there their virgin breasts were bruised.

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