מוּק mûwq — to jeer, i.e. (intens.) blaspheme
Translated in the KJV as be corrupt.
a primitive root; to jeer, i.e. (intens.) blaspheme.
mûwq in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יָמִ֤יקוּ Ps 73:8 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
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 ›