ma.raq denotes treating a surface or implement so that it is polished or cleansed.

The attested use concerns polishing or cleansing treatment: bronze utensils are described as polished, spears are addressed with an imperative to polish them, and the remaining occurrences stand in contexts of griddle preparation and cleansing through wounds and blows.

1. Polishing or cleansing treatment · dominant

   In 2 Chronicles 4:16, the passive participle occurs with utensils made of polished bronze, and in Jeremiah 46:4 the imperative is in the command sequence concerning spears. Leviticus 6:21 places the sequential perfect in instructions for preparing an offering on a griddle, while Proverbs 20:30 uses the Hiphil imperfect in a clause that the APB renders with wounds and bruises cleansing what is bad.

   2 Chronicles 4:16Jeremiah 46:4Leviticus 6:21Proverbs 20:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “polished” for bronze in 2 Chronicles 4:16 and “polish” for spears in Jeremiah 46:4. Its wording in Leviticus 6:21 does not isolate the term, and Proverbs 20:30 presents a cleansing context.