מַקmaq

decay, rottenness (Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 5:24)

Pronunciation: mak · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4716

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 3:24 Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink. She will wear a rope for a sash, and her elegant hair will fall out. She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes. Shame will replace her beauty.
  • Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble and dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will rot and their flowers wither. For they have rejected the law of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies; they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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).