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# מָעַךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4600

**press** — used 3 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

press [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4600/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָעַךְ: vb. press, squeeze [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4600/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. press, squeeze (NH id.; 𝔗 מְעַךְ; Arabic مَعَكَ rub);— Pt. pass. וּמָעוּךְ וְכָתוּת וְנָתוּק וְכָרוּת Lv 22:24 (H), not to be offered to י׳, reference to emasculation (cf. Di); וַחֲנִיתוֹ מְעוּכָה־בָאָרֶץ 1 S 26:7 and his spear pressed (thrust) into the ground. Pf. 3 mpl. שָׁמָּה מֹעֲכוּ שְׁדֵיהֶן Ez 23:3 there were their breasts squeezed (‖ עִשּׂוּ; unchastely; fig. of intercourse of Samaria and Jerus. with Egypt, involving idolatry).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[one which is\] squeezed (1); \[was\] thrust (1); they were touched (1).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 22:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.24/#tree)

וּמָע֤וּךְ וְכָתוּת֙ וְנָת֣וּק וְכָר֔וּת לֹ֥א תַקְרִ֖יבוּ לַֽיהוָ֑ה וּֽבְאַרְצְכֶ֖ם לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃

*Word for word:* and \[one.which.is\].squeezed and \[one.which.is\].crushed and \[one.which.is\].torn and \[one.which.is\].cut not you.will.present to Yahweh and in land your not you.will.do.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or torn, or cut, ye shall not offer unto the LORD; neither shall ye do thus in your land.

[Ezekiel 23:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.3/#tree)

וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָה בְמִצְרַ֔יִם בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן זָנ֑וּ שָׁ֚מָּה מֹעֲכ֣וּ שְׁדֵיהֶ֔ן וְשָׁ֣ם עִשּׂ֔וּ דַּדֵּ֖י בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and they.acted.as.prostitutes in Egypt in youth(s) their they.acted.as.prostitutes there (to) they.were.touched breasts their and there people.squeezed the.nipples their.virginiti(es) their

*JPS 1917:* and they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth; there were their bosoms pressed, and there their virgin breasts were bruised.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4600.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4600/): 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).