מוּצָק mûwtsâq — properly, fusion, i.e. literally, a casting (of metal)
Translated in the KJV as casting, hardness.
from H5694; properly, fusion, i.e. literally, a casting (of metal); figuratively, a mass (of clay).
mûwtsâq in each stem
Hoph'al
Causative · passive — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject has it done to them
Participle (passive) 1
מוּצָ֑ק 1Kgs 7:23 Participle (passive), masculine singular
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
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 ›