מָכַךְ mâkak

Meaning

to tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish

In the King James Version: be brought low, decay.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Job 24:24 They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
• Psalms 106:43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
• Ecclesiastes 10:18 Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.