פּוּקpûwq

reel, totter

Pronunciation: pook · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6328

Meanings

Qal: they reel, judgement (Isaiah 28:7; Amos 2:13)

Hiph`il

1. totter (Jeremiah 10:4)

2. cause tottering, (see עוק) (Amos 2:13)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 28:7 Now, however, Israel is led by drunks who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol. The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol and lose themselves in wine. They reel when they see visions and stagger as they render decisions.
  • Jeremiah 10:4 They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won’t fall over.

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).