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title: מָקַק — decay · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָקַק (4743), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: decay. BDB 1906: vb. decay, rot, fester pine away. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָקַק

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«מָקַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **decay** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 4743 · **BDB:** מָקַק

### Glosses

they.will.rot.away (4); \[are\].rotting.away (1); he.will.cause.to.rot (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

decay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4743/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. decay, rot, fester pine away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4743/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. decay, rot, fester, fig. pine away (NH id.; Aramaic (𝔗) מְקַק);— Pf. 3 pl. נָמַ֫קּוּ ψ 38:6, וְנ׳ consec. Is 34:4 Ez 4:17; 2 mpl. וּנְמַקֹּתֶם consec. Ez 24:23; Impf. 3 fs. תִּמַּק Zc 14:12; 3 mpl. יִמַּ֫קּוּ Lv 26:39, יִמָּ֑קּוּ v 39; 3 fpl. תִּמַּקְנָה Zc 14:12; Pt. pl. נְמַקִּים Ez 33:10;— fester, of wounds ψ 38:6 (+ הבאישׁ v. באשׁ). rot, rot away, עֵינָיו תִּמַּקְנָה בְחֹרֵיהֶן וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ תִּמַּק בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ Zc 14:12 (plague upon foes of Jerusalem). moulder away, of צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם Is 34:4 (‖ וְנָגֹלּוּ כַּסֵּפֶר הַשָּׁמַיִם). of pining away by reason of (בְּ), as punishment for, iniquity Ez 4:17; 24:23; 33:10 Lv 26:39(×2). Inf. abs. הָמֵק, trans. ה׳ בְּשָׂרוֹ Zc 14:12 a causing his flesh to rot.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 3 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 «מָקַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4743/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.6/)

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הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ נָ֭מַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* they.stink they.fester wounds my because of folly my

*JPS 1917:* My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.

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[Ezekiel 4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.4.17/)

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לְמַ֥עַן יַחְסְר֖וּ לֶ֣חֶם וָמָ֑יִם וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאָחִ֔יו וְנָמַ֖קּוּ בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* so.that they.may.lack bread and water and they.will.be.appalled everyone and brother his and they.will.rot.away in iniquity their

*JPS 1917:* that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

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