מוּג mûwg — to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)

pronounced moog · Strong's H4127 · 17 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 4 stems: Niph'al, Qal (Pa'al), Hitpolel, Polel

Translated in the KJV as consume, dissolve, faint, melt, make soft.

a primitive root; to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint).

mûwg in each stem

Niph'al 8×

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

Perfect (qatal) 6Participle (active) 1Infinitive absolute 1

נָמֹ֕גוּ Exod 15:15 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. (KJV)

נָמֹ֛גוּ Josh 2:9 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. (KJV)

נָמֹ֛גוּ Josh 2:24 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al) 4×

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

Wayyiqtol 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Infinitive construct 1

תָּמ֥וּג Ps 46:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. (KJV)

וַתְּמוּגֵ֖נוּ Isa 64:6 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person masculine singular

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (KJV)

לָמ֣וּג Ezek 21:20 Infinitive construct

Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. (KJV)

Hitpolel 3×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Perfect (qatal) 1

תִתְמוֹגָֽג Ps 107:26 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. (KJV)

תִּתְמוֹגַֽגְנָה Amos 9:13 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine plural

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. (KJV)

הִתְמֹגָ֑גוּ Nah 1:5 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. (KJV)

Polel 2×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 2

וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי Job 30:22 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. (KJV)

תְּ֝מֹגְגֶ֗נָּה Ps 65:11 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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