H4198 H4198
Wasted, sucked out, emptied by hunger; describes severe famine's devastating physical effects
This adjective describes bodies that have been drained or sucked empty by famine. In Deuteronomy 32:24, it appears in Moses' song warning of covenant curses: 'wasted by hunger, devoured by burning heat.' The term suggests not just hunger but its extreme consequences—emaciation, depletion, the body consuming itself. The parallel with 'burning heat' creates a picture of comprehensive destruction, where famine leaves people hollow shells. The imagery is visceral and terrifying.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Bodies depleted and emptied by severe hunger, appearing in Deuteronomy's covenant curses. The term suggests the extreme physical toll of famine beyond mere hunger—a sucking dry or wasting away that leaves victims hollow. This vivid language in Moses' warning song emphasizes the devastating consequences of breaking covenant, where even human bodies become empty husks consumed by starvation. 1×
AR["هُزَالُ"]·ben["ক্ষুধার্তেরা"]·DE["wasted-durch"]·EN["wasted-by"]·FR["wasted-par"]·heb["מזי"]·HI["सूखे"]·ID["Kurus-karena"]·IT["wasted-da"]·jav["Kalong-saking"]·KO["야윌-자들(접)"]·PT["Esgotados-de"]·RU["Истощённые"]·ES["consumidos-de"]·SW["walioishiwa-na"]·TR["zayıflatanlar"]·urd["سکڑے-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מָזֶה] adj. (si vera l.) sucked out, empty, מְזֵי רָעָב Dt 32:24 sucked out, empty, from hunger (‖ לְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף) so Is 5:13 Ew De Che Di Du (for MT מְתֵי; 𝔊 𝔙 מֵתֵי).