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דָּעַךְ dâʻak — to be extinguished

pronounced daw-ak' · Strong's H1846 · 9 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 3 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Niph'al, Pu'al

Translated in the KJV as be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.

a primitive root; to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up.

dâʻak in each stem

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 6Perfect (qatal) 1

יִדְעָ֑ךְ Job 18:5 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. (KJV)

יִדְעָֽךְ Job 18:6 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. (KJV)

יִדְעָ֗ךְ Job 21:17 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. (KJV)

Niph'al

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

נִדְעֲכ֥וּ Job 6:17 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. (KJV)

Pu'al

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

דֹּ֭עֲכוּ Ps 118:12 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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