מָכוּת f. (מָךְ) 1) poverty. B. Mets. 114ᵃ; Arakh. 17ᵇ (ref. to מָךְ, Lev. XXVII, 8) עד שיהא במָכוּתוֹ וכ׳ he must have remained in his impoverished condition from the beginning to the end of the proceedings. —2) humility. Gen. R. s. 74, end (play on מ̇כ̇ת̇ם̇, Ps. LX, 1) מ̇כ̇ות ות̇מ̇ות humility (of David) and innocence; Yalk. Sam. 147 מ׳ ותמות לדוד.