Strong's Lexicon

H4134

H4134 — מוּך

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmuwkverb-stemOccurrences: 5TWOT: 1159

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4134
Word:	מוּך
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	muwk
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mook
Meaning:	1. to become thin, i.e. (figuratively) be impoverished
KJV Renderings:	be (waxen) poor(-er).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4545

[מוּךְ] verb be low, depressed, grow poor (Late Hebrew id., Niph`al; Aramaic מוּךְ, sink or bend down; compare מָכַח, Syriac [untranscribed source text 2920], be brought low, humble); —

Qal Perfect consecutive וּמָח Lev 27:8 ( P ); Imperfect יָמוּח Lev 25:25; Lev 25:35; Lev 25:39 (all H ); Participle מָח Lev 25:47 ( P ): all of impoverished Israelites.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מוך (mooch)

Leviticus 25:25

KJV: If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

EHCC: 35. If thy brother be waxen poor,

Leviticus 25:47

KJV: And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:wax rich…: Heb. his hand obtain, etc

EHCC: and thy brother...waz poor,

Leviticus 27:8

KJV: But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

EHCC: if he be poorer than thy estimation,

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