מוּךְ (b. h.) to be crushed; to be low, sink; to be poor. Tanḥ. B’har 3 על שמָךְ בעונות because he sank into sins.—V. מָךְ.
Hif. - הֵמִיךְ 1) same. Mekh. B’shall., Amal., s. 1 כשהוא מֵמִיךְ ידיו עתידין ישראל להָמִיךְ ול׳ when he (Moses) let his hands sink, (it intimated) that Israel is destined to sink in the knowledge of the words of the Law to be given through his hands; Tanḥ. B’shall. 27. —2) to lower, let sink. Ib., v. supra.—Sifré Num. 90 כאן הקב"ה ממיך ומשה מגביה וכ׳ here the Lord lowers (his anger) and Moses raises (is more angry), but when the golden calf was made, the Lord raised, and Moses lowered (tried to soften his anger); Yalk. Num. 735 מַמְאִיךְ (fr. מָאַךְ).
Nif. - נָמוֹךְ ; f. נְמוּכָה; pl. נְמוּכִים low. Kil. IV, 7 נ׳ מי׳ טפחים lower than ten handbreadths. Ruth R. to III, 3 בנ׳ שבעיר in the lowest part of the city. Y. Maas. Sh. V, end, 56ᵈ; Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵃ bot. קול נ׳ in a low voice, opp. גבוה. Ber. 10ᵇ. Sifré Num. 58. Ib. 83, v. נָמַךְ. Ab. V, 19 רוח נְ׳ a lowly spirit, v. גָּבוֹהַּ.—Cant. R. to IV, 4 ההרים הנ׳ the lower mountains; a. fr.