1) strangling, suffocation 1a) as a mode of death Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2614 Same Word by TWOT Number: 697a
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מַחֲנָקnoun [masculine]strangling, suffocation, as a mode of death, וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁיJob 7:15and my soul chooseth strangling ("" מָוֶת).
Job 7:15 HEB: וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת NAS: would choose suffocation, Death KJV: chooseth strangling, [and] death INT: choose suffocation my soul Death
