Midvash

מָכַךְmâkak

be low, humiliated

Pronunciation: maw-kak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4355

Meanings

Qal: of perverse Israel (Psalms 106:43)

Niph`al: sink, (in decay) (Ecclesiastes 10:18)

Hoph`al: be brought low (Job 24:24)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Job 24:24 And though they are great now, in a moment they will be gone like all others, cut off like heads of grain.
  • Psalms 106:43 Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin.
  • Ecclesiastes 10:18 Laziness leads to a sagging roof; idleness leads to a leaky house.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).