H4127 H4127
To melt, dissolve, or cause to melt; used of earth dissolving at God's touch and hearts melting in fear.
A vivid verb depicting dissolution — whether physical melting or the collapse of human courage. When God touches the earth, it melts (Amos 9:5); when his voice thunders, the land dissolves (Ps 46:6). The inhabitants of Canaan 'melted' before Israel (Exod 15:15, Josh 2:9), and warriors' hearts dissolve like wax. The Arabic cognate māja ('to surge, as the sea') hints at the underlying image of solid things becoming fluid. In its causative uses, God softens rain-soaked earth (Ps 65:10) or dissolves a person in suffering (Job 30:22).
Senses
1. melt, dissolve (intransitive) — Intransitive melting or dissolving — the earth, hearts, or peoples lose their solid form or resolve. Encompasses the Qal intransitive, Niphal, and Hitpael stems. The Song of the Sea declares the peoples 'melted' (נָמֹגוּ, Exod 15:15), and Rahab confirms that Canaan's inhabitants lost heart (Josh 2:9, 24). Psalm 46:6 pictures cosmic dissolution at God's voice. Spanish 'derretir' and French 'fondre' both capture the physical-to-metaphorical range. The Arabic cognate māja (surging waves) suggests the boundary between solid and liquid dissolving entirely. 14×
AR["تَذوب", "تَذوبُ", "تَذُوبُ", "تَمَيَّعَتْ", "ذابَ", "ذابَتِ", "ذَابَ", "ذَابَتْ", "ذَابُوا", "ذَوَبَانِ", "فَ-تَذُوبُ", "يَذُوبُ"]·ben["ও-সেটি-গলে-যায়", "গলতে", "গলে-গেছে", "গলে-গেল", "গলে-যাচ্ছিল", "গলে-যাবে", "গলে-যায়", "গলে-যেত"]·DE["[התמגגו]", "[ותמוג]", "[למוג]", "[נמגו]", "[נמוג]", "[תתמוגגנה]", "haben-melted", "melting-weg", "schmolz"]·EN["and-it-melts", "are-dissolving", "have-melted", "is-melted", "melt", "melted", "melting-away", "melts", "shall-melt", "they-melt", "will-melt"]·FR["[נמגו]", "[נמוג]", "avoir-fondit", "et-fondre", "fondant-au-loin", "fondit", "fondre"]·heb["התמוגגו", "ו-תמוֹג", "ל-מוג", "נמוג", "נמוגו", "נמוגים", "תמוג", "תתמוֹגגנה", "תתמוגג"]·HI["और-पिघल-जाती-है", "गल-गए", "नेमोगीम", "पिघल-गई", "पिघल-जाएँगी।", "पिघल-जाता-है", "पिघल-जाती-है", "पिघल-जाती-हैं", "पिघलती-थी", "पिघले"]·ID["Mencair", "meleleh", "mencair", "mencair.", "mencair;", "mereka-lemah"]·IT["[נמגו]", "[נמוג]", "avere-si-sciolse", "e-sciogliersi", "fuse", "melting-via", "sciogliersi", "si-sciolse"]·jav["Geter", "ajur", "bumi", "lan-sadaya", "leleh", "lelèh", "lemes", "leyeh", "luluh", "lèlèh", "sami-lelèr", "sami-lulèh"]·KO["그리고-녹도다", "녹고-있었다", "녹기-위한", "녹도다", "녹아내리다", "녹아내리도다", "녹아내리리라", "녹았다", "녹았다-그들이", "녹았도다"]·PT["Derretem-se", "derrete-se", "derretendo-se", "derreter", "derreteram-se", "derreteu-se", "e-derrete", "se-derreterão", "se-derretia"]·RU["и-тает-она", "растают", "растаял", "растаяла", "растаяли", "растаяло", "растворяется", "тает", "таяла"]·ES["Se-derriten", "derretida", "derretido", "derretir", "se-derretirán", "se-derretía", "se-derriten", "se-derritieron", "se-derritió", "se-han-derretido", "y-se-derrite"]·SW["Inayeyuka", "iliyeyuka", "linayeyuka", "na-inayeyuka", "ukayeyuka", "umeyeyuka", "uyeyuke", "vinayeyuka", "vitayeyuka", "wameyeyuka", "ziliyeyuka"]·TR["eridi", "erir", "erisin", "eriyecekler", "eriyor", "eriyordu", "ve-erir"]·urd["اور-پگھل-جاتی-ہے", "وہ-پگھل-گئے", "پگھل-رہا-ہے", "پگھل-گئی", "پگھل-گئے", "پگھل-گیا", "پگھلتی-تھی", "پگھلنے-والے", "پگھلیں-گی", "پگھلے", "پگھلے-گئے"]
Exod 15:15, Josh 2:9, Josh 2:24, 1 Sam 14:16, Ps 46:6, Ps 75:3, Ps 107:26, Isa 14:31, Jer 49:23, Ezek 21:15, Amos 9:5, Amos 9:13 (+2 more)
2. cause to melt, soften — Causative melting or softening — God as agent dissolving or liquefying something. In Ps 65:10 God softens the earth with showers (תְּמֹגְגֶנָּה), a gentle agricultural image. By contrast, Job 30:22 uses the verb for God dissolving Job himself in the storm of suffering. Isaiah 64:7 may preserve a similar causative sense of God melting his people, though the text is debated. The shift from intransitive to causative underscores divine sovereignty: what melts on its own before God can also be deliberately dissolved by him. 3×
AR["تُذيبُها", "وَ-أَذَبْتَنَا", "وَ-تُذيبُنِي"]·ben["-এবং-তুমি-গলিয়ে-দিয়েছ", "আর-গলিয়ে-দাও-আমাকে", "তুমি-তাকে-নরম-করেছ"]·DE["[ותמגגני]", "[ותמוגנו]", "schmolz"]·EN["You-soften-it", "and-You-dissolve-me", "and-You-have-melted-us"]·FR["[ותמוגנו]", "et-ותמגגני-moi", "fondre"]·heb["ו-תמוגגני", "ו-תמוגנו", "תמוגגנה"]·HI["और-गलाया-है-तूने-हमें", "और-पिघलाता-है-तू-मुझे", "तू-उसे-कोमल-करता-है"]·ID["Engkau-melembutkannya", "dan-Engkau melarutkan aku", "dan-Engkau-membiarkan-kami-hancur"]·IT["[ותמוגנו]", "e-e-You-dissolve-me-mio", "si-sciolse"]·jav["Panjenengan-ngalusaken", "lan-Panjenengan-lebur-kita", "lan-mbubrahaken-kula"]·KO["그리고-녹이셨다-우리를", "그리고-녹이신다-나를", "녹이시도다"]·PT["a-amoleces", "e-dissolves-me", "e-nos-derreteste"]·RU["и-растворяешь-меня", "и-растопил-нас", "размягчаешь-её"]·ES["la-ablandas", "y-me-disuelves", "y-nos-has-consumido"]·SW["na-umetuyeyusha", "na-unaniyeyusha", "unaifanya-iyeyuke"]·TR["ve-eritiyorsun-beni", "ve-erittin-bizi", "yumuşatıyorsun-onu"]·urd["اور-تُو-نے-ہمیں-پگھلایا", "تُو-نرم-کرتا-ہے-اُسے", "سوار کراتا ہے مجھے"]
Related Senses
H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)H7971 1. to send, dispatch (Qal) (701×)G2064 1. come / arrive (physical movement toward) (588×)H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H5307 1. Qal: fall down physically (339×)H5375 1. Qal: to lift up, raise (330×)H5975 1. to stand, stand up (310×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5674a 1. Qal: pass by, pass through (256×)H3381 1. Qal: to go down, descend (physical movement) (242×)G1831 1. go/come out physically (193×)H5337 1. deliver, rescue, save (Hifil) (188×)H7901 1. lie down, rest, sleep (183×)G1525 1. enter a place physically (179×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מוּג vb. melt (𝔗 מוּג Ithp., ψ 46:7; 107:26; cf. Arabic مَاجَ surge (of the sea), Qor 18:99; مَوْجٌ a wave);— Qal Impf. 3 fs. תָּמוּג ψ 46:7; וַתָּמוֹג Am 9:5; 2 ms. sf. וַתְּמוּגֵ֫נוּ Is 64:6 (but read prob. וַתְּמַגְּנֵנוּ, v. [מָגַן] p. 171 supr., and cf. Di > Du תְּמוֹגְגֵנוּ); Inf. לָמוּג Ez 21:20;— 1. melt, subj. אֶרֶץ, at touch of י׳ Am 9:5; at voice of י׳ ψ 46:7; = faint (of heart), Ez…