Lexical Summary maak: to press, squeeze Original Word: מָעַךְTransliteration: maak Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ak') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to press, squeeze Meaning: to press, to pierce, emasculate, handle Strong's Concordance bruised, stuck, be pressed A primitive root; to press, i.e. To pierce, emasculate, handle -- bruised, stuck, be pressed. Brown-Driver-Briggs H4600. maak [מָעַךְ] verb press, squeeze (Late Hebrew id.; מְעַךְ ᵑ7; Arabic rub); — Qal Passive participle וְכָרוּת וְנָתוּק וְכָתוּת וּמָעוּךְ Leviticus 22:24 (H), not to be offered to ׳י, reference to emasculation (compare Di); מְעוּכָהבָֿאָרֶץ וַחֲנִיתוֺ 1 Samuel 26:7 and his spear pressed (thrust) into the ground. Pu`al Perfect3masculine plural שְׁדֵיהֶן מֹעֲכוּ שָׁמָּה Ezekiel 23:3 there were their breasts squeezed ("" עִשּׂוּ; unchastely; figurative of intercourse of Samaria and Jerusalem with Egypt, involving idolatry). |