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# מוּג

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4127

**melt** — used 17 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

melt [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4127/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מוּג: vb. Pt. Poʿl. Poʿ. Hithpoʿl. Ni. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4127/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. melt (𝔗 מוּג Ithp., ψ 46:7; 107:26; cf. Arabic مَاجَ surge (of the sea), Qor 18:99; مَوْجٌ a wave);— Impf. 3 fs. תָּמוּג ψ 46:7; וַתָּמוֹג Am 9:5; 2 ms. sf. וַתְּמוּגֵ֫נוּ Is 64:6 (but read prob. וַתְּמַגְּנֵנוּ, v. \[מָגַן\] p. 171 supr., and cf. Di \> Du תְּמוֹגְגֵנוּ); Inf. לָמוּג Ez 21:20;— melt, subj. אֶרֶץ, at touch of י׳ Am 9:5; at voice of י׳ ψ 46:7; = faint (of heart), Ez 21:20. trans. cause to melt Is 64:6 (but v. supr.) Pf. נָמוֹג Na 2:7 + 1 times; 3 pl. נָמֹ֫גוּ Ex 15:15 + 3 times; Pt. pl. נְמֹגִים ψ 75:4 in view of prevailing fig. use, and of Arabic مَاجَ (موج) be in tumult, commotion, of sea, people, be agitated, perplexed, it is perhaps dub. whether melt is orig. meaning; be moved, agitated is usually poss., and even Am 9:13 ψ 65:11 (both late), where (especially Am) moistening is suggested, this may be perhaps derived from agitating, loosening, dissolving;—melt away, fig. for be helpless, disorganized (through terror, etc.) Ex 15:15 (cf. context), Jos 2:9, 24 1 S 14:16 (cf. We Dr), Je 49:23, cf. Na 2:7 Is 14:31 ψ 75:4. Poʿl. soften, dissolve, act.: only Impf. 2 ms. sf. (subj. God): בִּרְבִיבִם תְּמֹגְגֶנָּה ψ 65:11 thou softenest it \[the earth\] with showers; fig., = dissipate וּתְמֹֽגְגֵ֫נִי Jb 30:22—We reads וַיְמֹגֵג Hb 3:6 for וַיְמֹדֶד, v. מדד Poʿ. Hithpoʿl. Pf. 3. pl. הִתְמֹגָ֑גוּ Na 1:5; Impf. 3 fs. תִּתְמוֹגָ֑ג ψ 107:26; 3 fpl. תִּתְמוֹגַגְנָה Am 9:13;—melt, subj. hills (before י׳) Na 1:5; subj. נֶפֶשׁ ψ 107:26 (in terror); hyperb. for flow Am 9:13 (of fertile hills, ‖ הִטִּ֫יפוּ הֶהָרִים). Ni. inf. abs. נָמוֹג Is 14:31.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it melted (3); they have melted away (3); you (3).

## In the verses

[Nahum 2:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.7/#tree)

שַׁעֲרֵ֥י הַנְּהָר֖וֹת נִפְתָּ֑חוּ וְהַֽהֵיכָ֖ל נָמֽוֹג׃

*Word for word:* the.gates of the.rivers they.have.been.opened and the palace it.has.melted.away

*JPS 1917:* The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

[Psalms 107:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.26/#tree)

יַעֲל֣וּ שָׁ֭מַיִם יֵרְד֣וּ תְהוֹמ֑וֹת נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בְּרָעָ֥ה תִתְמוֹגָֽג׃

*Word for word:* they.went.up \[the\].heavens they.went.down the.deeps soul their in distress it.melted

*JPS 1917:* They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4127.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4127/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).