מָכַךְ mâkak — to tumble (in ruins)
Translated in the KJV as be brought low, decay.
a primitive root; to tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish.
mâkak in each stem
Hoph'al
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 1
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
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