מָרַק (b. h.; sec. r. of רק; cmp. מצהב, Targ. II Chr. IV, 16) to brighten, cleanse (metal); to scour, scald. Sifra Tsav, Par. 3, ch. VI; Zeb. XI, 6 מוֹרְקוֹ ושוטפו וכ׳ he must scour and rinse it &c.; Tosef. ib. X, 13 מוֹרְקָן (not מוריקן); a. fr.
Nif. - נִמְרַק to be cleansed, purged. Ab. d’R. N. ch. I, beg. בשביל שיִמָּרֵק מכל וכ׳ that he might be cleansed of all the food and drink in his bowels.—[Tosef. B. Bath. XI, 9 נמרק, read: נִמְחַק].
Pi. - מֵירֵק 1) to polish up. Koh. R. beg. סיתתה ומֵירְקָהּ he chiselled the stone and polished it, v. כִּרְכֵּם. Sabb. 33ᵃ (ref. to תמרוק, Prov. XX, 30) המְמָרֵק עצמו וכ׳ he who polishes himself (makes toilet, prepares himself) for a sinful act; (Rashi: who makes himself free from all other thoughts, devoting himself entirely to sin, v. infra). —2) (cmp. מכה בפטיש) to finish. Tosef. Ḥull. I, 2 ומ׳ הגוי וכ׳ and a gentile finished the slaughtering (by cutting farther than the ritual requires); (Ḥull. 121ᵇ גמר); Yoma III, 4 ומֵרַ׳; Ḥull. 29ᵃ ומֵי׳. Tam. IV, 2 מ׳ את ההפשט he finishes the flaying. Mikv. X, 1 הכניסן … ולא מֵרְקָן he inserted the handles properly but did not finish them off (by fastening &c.). Ohol. XIII, 3 הגיפה ולא מֵירְקָהּ he fitted the door in, but did not finish it off (so that it fitted accurately). Y. R. Hash. I, end, 57ᶜ, a. e. מכיון שהתחיל … מָרֵק inasmuch as he commenced the act, we say to him, finish it; a. fr. —3) to cleanse from sin by suffering, to remove sin, effect forgiveness. Ber. 5ᵃ יסורין שמְמָרְקִין כל וכ׳ sufferings which cleanse the entire body of man; ib. ממרקין כל עונותיו וכ׳ wash away all sins of man; Yalk. Ex. 339; Yalk. Deut. 850. Yoma 86ᵃ מיתה מְמָרֶקֶת death finishes the atonement (v. supra); Y. Snh. X, 27ᶜ bot. מיתה ממרקת שליש death removes the last third of sins; a. fr.—Y. Keth. VI, beg. 30ᶜ (in mixed dict.) ולא מְמָרֵק לה פורנה and does not pay off the entire dowry.—Sabb. 33ᵃ, v. supra.