מָקַק mâqaq (H4743)

to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish

1) to decay, pine away, rot, fester 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to fester (of wounds) 1a2) to rot, rot away 1a3) to moulder away 1a4) to pine away 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rot

' a primitive root;