מָעַךְ
maach · bruise, squeeze
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4600 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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maach (מָעַךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bruise, squeeze”.
Press, bruise.
How to say it
ma·ach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To press so hard that it harms: to squeeze or crush.
- To drive something into the ground so it stays firm.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- animal with testicles bruised ×1
- stuck ×1
- were pressed ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 22:24
And an animal with testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not present to YHWH; in your land you shall not do this.
- 1 Samuel 26:7
David and Abishai came to the people by night, and look, Saul was lying asleep within the camp enclosure, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people were lying around him.
- Ezekiel 23:3
And they prostituted themselves in Egypt; in their youth they prostituted themselves; there their breasts were pressed, and there were squeezed the bosoms of their virginity.