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מוּג

mûwg · H4127 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to melt

    Process by which a relatively hard object becomes softer

    Examples

    Psalm 46:6 The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered; He raised His voice, the earth quaked.

  2. to crumble, to collapse

    Literally: to melt; hence: process by which a relatively hard object becomes soft and collapses

    Examples

    Nahum 2:6 The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace sways back and forth.

  3. to disperse

    Literally: (a multitude) melts away; hence: process by which a group of people gradually disperses

    Examples

    1 Samuel 14:16 Now Saul’s watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude dissolved; they went here and there.

  4. to make soft

    Causative process by which a relatively hard object is made softer

    Examples

    Psalm 65:10 You water its furrows abundantly, You settle its ridges, You soften it with showers, You bless its growth.

    Job 30:22 “You lift me up to the wind and make me ride it; And You dissolve me in a storm.

  5. to lose courage

    Literally one's heart or self melts, hence the process by which people are strongly affected by fear

    Examples

    Ezekiel 21:15 so that their hearts will waver, and many fall at all their gates. I have granted the slaughter of the sword. Oh! It is made for striking like lightning, it is sharpened in readiness for slaughter.

    Psalm 107:26 They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery.

    Joshua 2:9 and said to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have despaired because of you.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

17 occurrences in 11 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 4 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 4 words
מָסַס mâçaç · H4549 · to melt, to dissolve, to lose heart
Both words denote melting and softening, as well as fainting or discouragement; they describe similar processes of physical melting or dissolution and of metaphorical melting of the heart or fear.
נָתַךְ nâthak · H5413 · to pour, to pour out
Both words belong to the area of melting and softening: the target term means to melt away, dissolve or make soft, and נָתַךְ (nâthak, H5413) means to melt or pour forth. They are interchangeable in contexts of melting or dissolving.
מָסָה mâçâh · H4529 · to melt, to make (someone's) heart melt
Both words describe processes of melting, dissolving or softening, and could substitute in contexts of physical or metaphorical dissolution.
רָכַךְ râkak · H7401 · to be softened, to be timid
Both words overlap in the sense of becoming soft, physically, and of being faint-hearted, metaphorically or emotionally. They span the related areas of softness and fear, in the sense of physical softening and of emotional or courage-related dissolution.
Semantic domains 4 entries
Soft002001001057
מוּג can mean to soften or make soft, reflected in its gloss 'make soft,' as an extension of the melting-away sense to a change from a hard to a pliable state.
Afraid002001002001
The verb frequently describes hearts melting in fear or despair, as in Joshua 2:9's Rahab's report that "all the inhabitants of the land have despaired because of you," placing it among terms of dread and terror.
Impact002001001024
The word describes a dissolving or consuming action, as in Job 30:22's "you dissolve me in a storm," tying the melting sense to a destructive or damaging effect.
Scatter002003002022
The verb also describes a group dissolving or breaking apart in disorder, as in 1 Samuel 14:16's Philistine "multitude dissolved; they went here and there," tying the melting image to a scattering of a formerly unified body.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4127. mug מוּג verb melt (מוּג ᵑ7 Ithpe`el, Psa 46:7; Psa 107:26; compare Arabic surge…
H4127. mug
מוּג verb melt (מוּג ᵑ7 Ithpe`el, Psa 46:7; Psa 107:26; compare Arabic surge (of the sea), Qor 18:99; a wave); **in view of prevailing figurative use, and of Arabic () be in tumult, commotion, of sea, people, be agitated, perplexed, it is perhaps dubious whether melt is original meaning; be moved, agitated is usually possibly, and even Amo 9:13; Psa 65:11 (both late), where (especially Amos) moistening is suggested, this may be perhaps derived from agitating, loosening, dissolving. —
Qal Imperfect3feminine singular תָּמוּג 46:7; וַתָּמוֺג Amo 9:5; Amo 9:2masculine singular suffix וַתְּמוּגֵ֫נוּ Isa 64:6 (but read probably וַתְּמַגְּנֵנוּ, see [ מָגַן] p.171 above, and compare Di > Du תְּמַגְּנֵנוּ); Infinitive לָמוּג Eze 21:20; —
1 melt, subject אֶרֶץ, at touch of ׳י Amo 9:5; at voice of ׳י Psa 46:7; = faint (of heart), Eze 21:20.
2 transitive cause to melt Isa 64:6 (but see above)
Niph`al Perfect נָמוֺג Nah 2:7 Nah 2:2t.; 3 plural נָמֹ֫גוּ Exo 15:15 Exo 15:3t.; Participle plural נְמֹגִים Psa 75:4; — melt away, figurative for be helpless, disorganized (through terror, etc.) Exo 15:15 (compare context), Jos 2:9, Jos 2:24; 1Sa 14:16 (compare We Dr), Jer 49:23, compare Nah 2:7; Isa 14:31; Psa 75:4.
Po>l. soften, dissolve, active: only Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix (subject God): תְּמֹגְגֶנָּה בִּרְבִיבִם Psa 65:11 thou softenest it [the earth] with showers; figurative, = dissipate וּתְמֹגְגֵ֫נִי Job 30:22 — We reads וַיְמֹגֵג Hab 3:6 for וַיְמֹדֶד, see מדד
Po`el Hithpo`el Perfect 3 plural הִתְמֹגָָֽגוּ Nah 1:5; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּתְמוֺגָ֑ג Psa 107:26; Psa 107:3feminine plural תִּתְמוֺגַגְנָה Amo 9:13; — melt, subject hills (before ׳י) Nah 1:5; subject נֶפֶשׁ Psa 107:26 (in terror); hyperb. for flow Amo 9:13 (of fertile hills, || הֶהָרִים הִטִּ֫יפוּ).
I. מוד (√ of following; apparently secondary form of מדד, compare BaNB § 190 c, and Arabic stretch, extend, also prolong, make to continue).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Impact1 occurrenceSoft6 occurrencesAfraid9 occurrencesScatter1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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