A primitive root; to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify -- fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine.
H2212. zaqaq
I. [זָקַק] verb refine, purify **perhaps properly strain or filter through, compare Job 36:27; Isaiah 25:6. (Aramaic זְקַק; perhaps kindred with Assyrian za‡i‡u, wind, AsrbAnnals vi. 64 and Aramaic , זִיקָּא violent wind, violent rain with whirlwind) —
Qal Imperfect3masculine plural יָזֹ֫קּוּ Job 28:1 object זָהָב, 36:27 object מָטָר (see Di).
Pi`el Perfect וְזִקַּק consecutive Malachi 3:3 ("" וְטִהַר) figurative, of purifying sons of Levi, like gold and silver כְּזָהָב etc.
Pu`al Participle מְזֻקָּק refined, of gold 1 Chronicles 28:18, of silver 29:4: Psalm 12:7 (׳מ שׁבעתים); of settled wines מְזֻקָּקִים שְׁמָרִים Isaiah 25:6.
II. זקק (Late Hebrew זָקַק bind, fetter, Aramaic זְקַק id.; compare (perhaps from idea of restraint) Arabic , Aramaic , זִיקוּקָא זִיקָּא,, Ethiopic all = (wine-) skin, etc.; also Late Hebrew זִיקָה, obligation; Aramaic ring).