מוּךְ mûwk — to become thin, i.e. (figuratively) be impoverished
Translated in the KJV as be poor.
a primitive root; to become thin, i.e. (figuratively) be impoverished.
mûwk in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Participle (active) 1
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.
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
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 ›