זָקַק zâqaq — to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify
Translated in the KJV as fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine.
a primitive root; to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify.
zâqaq in each stem
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 4
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Pi'el
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
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 ›