The meaning of “מָקַק”
Understanding mâqaq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
' a primitive root consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away. - to melt - figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish 1) ...
מָקַק
' a primitive root consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away. - to melt - figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish 1) to decay, pine away, rot, fester 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to fester (of wounds) 1a2) to rot, rot away 1a3) to moulder away 1a4) to pine away 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rot
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 26:39 | “And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.” Word: מָקַק (mâqaq) | |
| Psalms 38:5 | “My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.” Word: מָקַק (mâqaq) | |
| Isaiah 34:4 | “And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.” Word: מָקַק (mâqaq) | |
| Ezekiel 24:23 | “And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.” Word: מָקַק (mâqaq) | |
| Zechariah 14:12 | “And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.” Word: מָקַק (mâqaq) |
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