I. [זָקַק] verb refine, purify **perhaps properly strain or filter through, compare Job 36:27; Isaiah 25:6. (Aramaic זְקַק; perhaps kindred with Assyrian za‡i‡u, wind, Asrb^{Annals vi. 64 and} Aramaic , זִיקָּא violent wind, violent rain with whirlwind) —

Qal Imperfect3masculine plural יָזֹ֫קּוּ Job 28:1 object זָהָב, Job 36:27 object מָטָר (see Di).

Pi`el Perfect וְזִקַּק consecutive Malachi 3:3 ("" וְטִהַר) figurative, of purifying sons of Levi, like gold and silver כְּזָהָב etc.

Pu`al Participle מְזֻקָּק refined, of gold 1 Chronicles 28:18, of silver 1 Chronicles 29:4: Psalm 12:7 (שׁבעתים ׳מ); of settled wines שְׁמָרִים מְזֻקָּקִים Isaiah 25:6.

II. זקק (Late Hebrew זָקַק bind, fetter, Aramaic זְקַק id.; compare (perhaps from idea of restraint) Arabic , Aramaic , זִיקָּא, זִיקוּקָא, Ethiopic all = (wine-) skin, etc.; also Late Hebrew זִיקָה, obligation; Aramaic ring).