BDB2010
דֶּ֫רֶךְ715
noun masculine
Deut 17:16
& (less often) feminine
Exod 18:20
way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute ׳
ד
Gen 38:16 +;
דָּ֑רֶךְ Gen 38:21 +; construct דֶּרֶךְ
Gen 3:24 suffix
דַּרְכִּי
Gen 24:42 + 4 t.
+ 2Sam 22:33
דַּרְכִּ֯ו; דַּרְכְּךָ
Hos 10:13;
1Kgs 19:15
דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ
Ps 5:9 + 9 t.;
דַּרְכֵךְ
Jer 2:23 + 8 t.;
דַּרְכּוֺ
Gen 6:12 +;
דַּרְכָּהּ
1Sam 1:18; Job 28:23
דַּרְכֵּנוּ
Judg 18:5 + 2 t.;
דַּרְכְּכֶם
Gen 19:2 + 3 t.,
דַּרָכָּם
1Kgs 2:4 +; dual
דְּרָכַיִם
Prov 28:6; Prov 28:18
plural דְּרָכִים
Deut 28:7 + 6 t.;
construct דַּרְכֵי
Prov 3:17 + 24
t.; suffix דְּרָכַי
Job 13:15 + 17
t., דְּרָכָ֑י
Ps 95:10 + 4
t.; דְּרָכֶיךָ
Deut 28:29 + 16
t.; דְּרָכֶךָ
Exod 33:13 + 2
t.; דְּרָכַיִךְ
Jer 3:18 + 4 t.;
דְּרָכָ֑יִךְ
Ezek 7:3 + 3 t.;
דְּרָכָיו
Deut 10:12 +;
דְּרָכֶיהָ
Prov 3:17 + 3 t.;
דְּרָכֵינוּ
Lam 3:40; Zech 1:6
דַּרְכֵיכֶם
Lev 26:22 + 17
t.; דַּרְכֵיהֶם
Jer 16:17 + 5
t.; דַּרְכֵיהֶן
Ezek 16:47 —
1.
way, road, path
Gen 35:3 (
E
) Gen
38:16;
Gen 38:21 (both
J
) Gen 48:7
(
P
), Gen
49:17 (
J
; poem)
Lev 26:22 (
H
, only here in Leviticus) Num 22:22; Num 22:23 (3 t. in verse); Num 22:31; Num 22:34 (all
J
E
) Deut 6:7
; Deut 22:4;
Deut 22:6; Deut 23:5; Deut 24:9; Deut 25:17;
Deut 25:18;
(
D
) Ruth 1:7
; 1Sam 4:13 (on
text compare Dr) 1Sam 15:2; 1Sam 24:4; 2Sam 16:13; 1Kgs 13:9; 1Kgs 13:10 (twice in
verse); 1Kgs
13:12;
1Kgs 13:17; 1Kgs 13:24 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 13:25; 1Kgs 13:26; 1Kgs 13:28
; 1Kgs 18:6
(twice in verse);
1Kgs 18:7; 1Kgs 20:38; 2Kgs 2:23; 2Kgs 3:8; 2Kgs 6:19; 2Kgs 19:33 = Isa 37:29; Isa 37:34; Hos 6:9; Hos 13:7; Isa 43:16; Isa 43:19;
Isa 49:9; Isa 49:11;
Isa 51:10;
Isa 57:14
(twice in verse);
Jer 6:25; Lam
1:5;
Ezek 21:24; Ezek 21:25; Ezek 42:11; Ezek 42:12;
Ps 107:40
; Ps 110:7
; Prov 7:8;
Prov 8:2; Prov 26:13
; Eccl 10:3;
Eccl 12:5
construct way of (often = to, toward) עֵץ הַחַיִּים
׳
ד
Gen 3:24 (
J
) שׁוּר
׳
ד
Gen 16:7 (
J
) אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים
׳
ד
Exod 13:17
(
E
) הַבָּשָׁן
׳
ד
Num 21:33 (
J
E
); compare Deut
1:2; Deut
1:19; Deut 3:1
; Josh 2:7 (
J
E
) Josh 12:3
; 1Sam 6:9;
1Sam 6:12; 1Sam 13:17;
1Sam 13:18
(twice in verse);
1Sam 17:52;
2Kgs 3:20; Isa
15:5; Jer 2:18
(twice in verse); Jer 50:5; Ezek 47:15; Ezek 48:1
הַמִּדְבָּר
׳
ד (of different ways) Exod 13:18 (
E
) Josh 8:15
(
J
E
) Judg
20:42, compare
Deut 2:8;
2Sam 2:24; 2Kgs
3:8
׳
ד
אֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר
2Sam 15:23
is corrupt; read הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר
׳
ד
בַּטִּדְבָּר
ᵐ5
L
Dr compare We
the way of the olive-tree which, etc.; הָעֲרָבָה
׳
ד
Deut 2:8 and (with
different reference)
2Sam 4:7;
2Kgs 25:4 =
Jer 52:7; Jer
39:4
הַכִּכָּר
׳
ד
2Sam 18:23
יַםסֿוּף
׳
ד
Num 14:25;
Num 21:4 (
J
E
) Deut 1:40
; Deut 2:1
often of gateway, as הַשַּׁעַר
׳
ד
2Sam 15:2
compare 2Kgs
11:19;
2Kgs 25:4 =
Jer 52:7; Ezek
9:2; Ezek
43:4; Ezek
44:1; Ezek
44:4; Ezek
46:9 (5 t. in verse); Ezek 47:2
׳
ד
אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר
Ezek 44:3;
Ezek 46:2;
Ezek 46:8
בֵּית הַגָּן
׳
ד
2Kgs 9:27,
גַּןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ
׳
ד
Jer 39:4
הַיָּם
׳
ד
Isa 8:23
(compare Commentaries & SchumacherJaulan 63 and
PEFApr. 1889, 78); מְבוֺא הַסּוּסִים
׳
ד
2Kgs 11:16
followed by ָ ה locative Gen 35:19 (
E
), Gen
38:14 (
J
) Gen 48:7
(
P
; read אפרתה
Ol); הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ
׳
ד
Num 20:17;
Num 21:22
(both
J
E
; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1202] of different highroads, compare Seetzeni. 61, 132,
ii. 336
RobBR iii. 141
Di; = מְסִלָּה
Num 20:19)
i.e. the highway, used by king with his army; compare || בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ
Deut 2:27 i.e.
straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ
Ps 77:20
(|| וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯
בְּמַיִם רַבִּים); וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֺ
Nah 1:3 compare
בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ
׳
י
׳
ד
Isa 40:8 (||
יַשְּׁרוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לאלהינו); also Mal 3:1, compare Isa 43:16; Isa 43:19 (way made by ׳
י) & Isa 51:10 path of lighting Job 28:26; Job 38:25 of light Job 38:19; Job 38:24, of camel (
בִּכְרָה) Jer 2:23, of locusts Joel 2:7 (plural); see further the four wonderful things Prov 30:19
the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of
the sea, and the way of a man with a maid (i.e. no trace is left in any
case); compare also Prov 30:20
כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָ֑פֶת; figure of death אָנֹכִי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ
כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ
Josh 23:14
I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (
D
); so also
1Kgs 2:2 (compare Gen 19:31
4.a.).
2.
journey
Gen 24:21;
Gen 24:40;
Gen 24:42;
Gen 24:56
(all
J
) Num 9:10
; Num 9:13
(
P
) Josh 9:11
; Josh 9:13
(both
J
E
) 1Kgs
18:27;
1Kgs 19:7
׳
רַב מִמְּךָ הַדּ; ׳
לַעֲשׂוֺת ד
Judg 17:8
בְּאֵר
׳
ד
שָׁ֑בַע
Amos 8:14 (
journey of — to — Beersheba compare Hi
St; but text dubious,
ᵐ5
ὁ θεός, compare Gunning; HoffmZAW 1883, 123
proposes דֹּדְךָ, We
בְּאֵרְךָ compare BuThLz 1892, 62);
דֶּרֶךְ חֹל
1Sam 21:6
a common (not sacred) journery; especially with temporary
modification שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים
׳
ד
Gen 30:36 (
J
) Exod 3:18
; Exod 5:3;
Exod 8:23; Num 10:33
(twice in verse) (all
J
E
), Num 33:8
(
P
) compare also Gen 31:23 (
E
) Num
11:31 (twice in verse) (
J
E
), 1Kgs
19:4; 2Kgs
3:9
go one's way
הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֺ
Gen 19:2 (
J
), Gen 32:2
(
E
), Gen
33:16 (
J
), Num
24:25; Josh
2:16 (both
J
E
), Judg
18:26;
Judg 19:27;
1Sam 1:18;
1Sam 26:25;
1Sam 30:2;
1Kgs 1:49; Jer 28:11, see הלך; also
׳
הָפַךְ לְד
1Sam 25:12,
& (figurative) ׳
פָּנָה לְד
Isa 53:6 (so
Isa 56:11
5 below); of זוֺנָה, figurative of Israel, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ
לַזָּרִים
Jer 3:13.
3. of direction, almost or quite = toward, 1Kgs 8:44; 1Kgs 8:48 = 2Chr 6:34; 2Chr 6:38
pray toward the city, etc.;
2Chr 18:43
look toward the sea; especially in Ezek. of looking, going, etc. צָפוֺנָה
׳
ד
Ezek 8:5 (twice in
verse); compare Ezek
21:2; Ezek
40:6 construct הַקָּדִים
׳
ד
Ezek 40:10
(strike out
ᵐ5
Hi
Co) Ezek 40:22; Ezek 43:1
הַצָּפוֺן
׳
ד Ezek 43:20 compare הַדָּרוֺם
׳
ד Ezek 43:24 Ezek 43:24, הַיָּם
׳
ד
Ezek 41:12,
הֶחָצֵר
׳
ד
Ezek 42:7 etc.
(c. 28 t. Ezekiel); (see also מִדֶּרֶךְ
Ezek 9:2 compare Ezek 43:2; Ezek 44:3 on
אַמָּה אֶחָת
׳
ד
Ezek 42:4 see
VB
Co
Da) compare לֹאיִֿפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים
Job 24:18.
4.
way, manner:
a.
usage
כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ
׳
ד
Gen 19:31 (
J
; compare also Josh 23:14; 1Kgs 2:2 above)
b. = customary experience, or condition
נָשִׁים
׳
ד
Gen 31:35 (
E
).
c.
מִצְרַיִם
׳
ד
Amos 4:10
the manner of Egypt, i.e. as was done in Egypt; Isa 10:24; Isa 10:26.
d.
habit of animals, ants Prov 6:6 (plural)
5.
figurative of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. לֹא תַצְלִיחַ אֶתדְּֿרָכֶיךָ
Deut 28:29
compare Josh 1:8 (
D
) 1Sam 18:14
; 2Sam 22:33
= Ps 18:33
; Job 3:23;
Job 8:19; Job 17:9; Job 22:28; Job 24:23; Job 31:4; Job 34:21; Ps 10:5; Ps 35:6; Ps 37:5; Ps 37:7; Ps 37:23; Ps 91:11; Ps 102:24;
Ps 119:37;
Ps 128:1; Ps 139:3; Ps 146:9; Prov 2:8; Prov 3:6; Prov 3:23; Prov 11:5; Prov 20:24;
Prov 29:27;
Prov 31:3; Isa 40:27; Isa 45:13; Isa 48:15; Isa 55:8; Isa 55:9; Jer 2:36; Jer 10:23; Jer 12:1; Jer 23:12; Lam 3:9; Lam 3:11; Hos 2:8; Hos 9:8; Hos 10:13;
(עְנָוִים
׳
ד); thrice (Chronicles) in summary of a king's life, of Abijah וּדְרָכָיו וּדְבָרָיו
2Chr 13:22 of
Jotham וְכָלמִֿלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו
2Chr 27:7 of Ahaz
וְכָלדְּֿרָכָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֺנִים
2Chr 28:26
אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ
׳
ד
Isa 3:12 compare
also Isa 30:11
and Isa 57:18
= gain Isa 56:11
, pleasure, etc. Isa 58:13.
6.
a.
of moral action and character
הִשְׁחִית כָּלבָּֿשָׂר אֶתדַּֿרְכּוֺ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ
Gen 6:12 (
P
); compare
Jer
3:21
יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם
1Kgs 2:4; 1Kgs 8:25 =
2Chr 6:16
compare
2Chr 6:39 =
2Chr 6:30
׳
הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י
2Chr 27:6;
Ps 5:9; Ps 39:2; Ps 49:14;
Ps 50:23;
Ps 119:5;
Ps 119:26
;
Ps 119:59
;
Ps
119:168
; Prov 4:26
; Prov 5:8; Prov 5:21;
Prov 10:9;
Prov 14:2;
Prov 14:8;
Prov 14:12
;
Prov 16:2;
Prov 16:7;
Prov 16:9;
Prov 16:17
;
Prov 16:25
;
Prov 19:3;
Prov 19:16
;
Prov 21:2;
Prov 21:29
;
Jer 2:33; Jer 6:27; Jer 7:3; Jer 7:5; Jer 16:17;
Jer 17:10;
Jer 18:11;
Jer 18:15;
Jer 26:13;
Jer 32:19
(twice in verse);
Lam
3:40; Ezek
7:3
; Ezek 7:8;
Ezek 7:9; Ezek 7:27;
Ezek 14:22
;
Ezek 14:23
;
Ezek 18:25
;
Ezek 18:29
;
Ezek 18:30
;
Ezek 24:14
;
Ezek 28:15
;
Ezek 33:17
;
Ezek 33:20
;
Ezek 36:19
;
Hag 1:5; Hag 1:7; Zech 1:6
דַּרְכֵי לִבְּךָ
Eccl 11:9
compare
Isa 57:17
(& Jer 32:39
c. below)
b. of duty (commanded by ׳
י, etc.) יֵלְכוּ בָּהּ
׳
הַדּ
Exod 18:20
(
E
) compare
Exod
32:8 (
J
E
) Deut 9:12
; Deut 9:16
;
Deut 13:6; Deut 31:29;
Ps 25:8; Ps 25:12;
Ps 32:8; Ps 119:1;
Ps 143:8;
Prov 21:16
;
Prov 22:6;
Prov 23:19
;
Isa 30:21;
Isa 48:17;
Jer 7:23; Mal 2:8 so too, of
wisdom דְּרָכֶיהָ
דַרְכֵינֹֿעַם
Prov 3:17,
חָכְמָה
׳
ד
Prov 4:11;
Prov 8:32
compare
Prov 23:26
בִּינָה
׳
ד
Prov 9:6 compare
Isa 40:14.
c. specifically: in good sense הַטּוֺבָה וְהַיְשָׁרָה
׳
ד
1Sam 12:23;
1Kgs 8:36 =
2Chr 6:27
compare
Prov 16:31
;
Jer 6:16
תֹּם דְּרָכֶיךָ
Job 4:6 compare
Job 22:8; Prov 13:6
דְּרָכָיו (i.e. of light) Job 24:13 (|| נְתִיבֹתָיו); צַדִּיקִים
׳
ד
Ps 1:6,
טוֺבִים
׳
ד
Prov 2:20,
יִשְׁרֵידָֿ֑רֶךְ
Ps 37:14,
תְּמִימֵי
דָ֑רֶךְ
Prov 11:20
;
Ps 119:1
תָּמִים
׳
ד
Ps 101:2;
Ps 101:6,
אֱמוּנָה
׳
ד
Ps 119:30
,
שָׁלוֺם
׳
דּ
Isa 59:8
עוֺלָּם
׳
ד
Ps 139:24
,
חַיִּים
׳
ד
Prov 6:23,
compare Prov
12:28
; Jer 21:8
(opposed to המות
׳
ד see below); without modifier 1Sam 8:3; 1Sam 8:5; Job 13:15; Job 23:10, ׳
לֵב אֶחָד וְד
אֶחָד
Jer 32:39
compare also a. above; especially construct before names of good kings 1Kgs 22:43
; 2Kgs 22:2;
2Chr 11:17
;
2Chr 20:32
;
2Chr 21:12
(twice in verse) (plural) so 2Chr 34:2 compare דַּרְכֵי דָּוִיד הָרִאשֹׁנִים
2Chr 17:3
the first ways of David; also דַּרְכֵי עַמִּי
Jer 12:16.
d. oftener in bad sense דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה
Judg 2:19,
דַּרְכּוֺ הָרָעָה
1Kgs 13:33
,
רַע
׳
ד
Prov 2:12;
Prov 8:13;
Prov 28:10
compare 2Kgs
17:13
; 2Chr 7:14
; Jer 18:11
;
Jer 23:22;
Jer 25:5; Jer 26:3; Jer 35:15;
Jer 36:2; Jer 36:7; Ezek 3:18;
Ezek 3:19;
Ezek 13:22
;
Ezek 20:44
;
Ezek 33:11
;
Jonah 3:8; Jonah 3:10;
Zech 1:4
לֹא טוֺב
׳
ד
Ps 36:5; Prov 16:29
;
Isa 65:2
דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה
Ezek 16:27
compare with completed metaphor לֹא סְלוּלָה
׳
ד
Jer 18:15
further שֶׁקֶר
׳
ד
Ps 119:29
,
עֹצֶב
׳
ד
Ps 139:24
,
פִּשְׁעָם
׳
ד
Ps 107:17
דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ
Prov 2:13
דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת
Prov 14:12
=
Prov 16:25
דרך
המות
Jer 21:8,
compare
above c.; עָצֵל
׳
ד
Prov 15:19
(compare Prov 6:6
);
חַטָּאִים
׳
ד
Ps 1:1 compare v
Ps 1:6; Prov 1:15;
Prov 3:31;
Prov 4:19 (
רְשָׁעִים
׳
ד), Prov 12:15 (אֱוִיל
׳
ד), Prov 13:15 (בֹּגְדִים
׳
ד), also Prov 15:9; Prov 21:8; Isa 55:7
עִקֵּשׁ
׳
ד
Prov 22:5,
compare עִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם
Prov 28:6
compare
Prov 28:18
further, without modifier,
Hos 4:9;
Hos
12:3;
Prov
7:25;
Prov 14:14;
Isa 53:6;
Isa
66:3; Jer
2:23
(of idolatry רְאִי דַרְכֵךְ בַּגַּיְא) Jer 2:33; Jer 4:11 (compare Hi
Gf) Jer 4:18; Jer 15:7; Jer 22:1; Ezek 16:47 (twice in verse); Ezek 16:61; Ezek 18:23; Ezek 20:43
; Ezek 23:13
; Ezek
23:31;
Ezek 33:8;
Ezek 33:9
(twice
in verse); Ezek
33:11;
Ezek 36:17 (twice in verse); Ezek 36:31.Ezek 36:32 compare also below a. above;
לָתֵת דַּרְכּוֺ בְּראֹשׁוֺ
1Kgs 8:32
to place his way upon his head, i.e. requite it on him = 2Chr 6:23, compare Ezek 7:4; Ezek 9:10;
Ezek 11:21
; Ezek
16:43; Ezek 22:31
פְּרִי דַּרְכָּם
Prov 1:31
especially construct before names of bad kings יָרָבְעָם
׳
ד
1Kgs 15:34
(compare 1Kgs
15:26)
1Kgs
16:2;
1Kgs 16:19; 1Kgs 16:26; 1Kgs 22:53 compare 1Kgs 22:53 1Kgs 22:53 also מַלְכֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל
׳
ד
2Kgs 8:18;
2Kgs 16:3;
2Chr 21:6;
2Chr 21:13
;
2Chr 28:2
(plural); דַּרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב
2Kgs 8:27 =
2Chr 22:3 (of
Ahaziah, grandson of Ahab); הָעָם הַזֶּה
׳
ד
Isa 8:11,
הַגּוֺיִם
׳
ד
Jer 10:2,
׳
ד
אֲבוֺתֵיכֶם
Ezek 20:30
compare 2Kgs
21:21
.
e. way of ׳
י: (a) = his creative activity Job 26:14 applied in concrete sense to
behemoth
(hippopotamus) הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵיאֵֿל
Job 40:19
(hyperb.); compare of wisdom רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֺ
Prov 8:22 (
b) = his moral administration, Exod 33:13 (plural;
J
E
); Deut 32:4
; 2Sam
22:31
= Ps 18:31
; Job
21:31
; Job
36:23
אלהים בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ
Ps 77:14
(||
מִי אֵל גָּדוֺל כֵּאלֹהִים); Ps 85:14; Ps 103:7; Ps 138:5; Ps 145:17; Prov 10:29
; Isa 55:8;
Isa 55:9; Jer 5:4; Jer 5:5; Ezek 18:25
(twice in verse); Ezek 18:29 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:17; Ezek 33:20;
Hos 14:10.
(
c) = his commandments לַעֲשׂוֺת צְדָקָה
׳
י
׳
וְשָֽׁמְרוּ ד
וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט
Gen 18:19 (
J
); ׳
כָּלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י
Deut 5:30
compare
(plural) Deut 8:6;
Deut 10:12;
Deut 11:22;
Deut 11:28;
Deut 19:9; Deut 26:17;
Deut 28:9; Deut 30:16;
Josh 22:5 (
D
) Judg 2:22
; 2Sam
22:22
= Ps 18:22
, 1Kgs 2:3;
1Kgs 3:14;
1Kgs 8:58;
1Kgs 11:33
;
1Kgs 11:38
;
2Kgs 21:22
;
2Chr 6:31;
Job 21:14;
Job 23:11;
Job 34:27;
Ps 25:4; Ps 25:9; Ps 27:11;
Ps 37:34;
Ps 51:15;
Ps 67:3; Ps 81:14;
Ps 86:11;
Ps 95:10;
Ps 119:3;
Isa 2:3 = Mic 4:2; Isa 42:24;
Isa 58:2; Isa 63:17;
Isa 64:4; Zech 3:7; Mal 2:9 compare
׳
וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבּוֺ בְּדַרְכֵי י
2Chr 17:6 see
also עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ
׳
ד
Ps 119:14
פִּקּוּדֶיךָ
׳
ד Ps 119:27, מִצְוֺתֶ֑יךָ
׳
ד Ps 119:32, חֻקֶּיךָ
׳
ד Ps 119:33.
BDB8615
[שָׁחַת]151
verb
go to ruin (?), only derived species (Late Hebrew Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew, Ecclus.
שחיתה
Eccl 30:11
corrupt act; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 5500]
extirpate; Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 5501]
injure, violate; Tel Amarna
ša—âtu
is fall (especially of city), be prostrate (? of
land), perhaps Canaanism (see WklTelAm. Vocab.), Assyrian
possibly
šêtu
, flee, escape (compare אבד); Old Aramaic (Zinjirli)
שחת
destroy
Lzb374, Aramaic שְׁחַת,
[untranscribed source text 5502] (assimilation of
[untranscribed source text 5503]), multilate; — very improbable
Gerber179 denominative from שַׁחַת); —
Niph`al
be marred, spoiled, Perfect 3 masculine singular נִשְׁחַת, of
waistcloth
Jer 13:7, vessel
Jer 18:4
be injured, or even (hyperbole) ruined, Imperfect 3 feminine singular
תִּשָּׁחֵת
Exod 8:20 (
J
) of land (מִפְנֵי הֶעָרֹב); be corrupted, corrupt, in morals and
rel., of earth, Perfect 3 feminine singular נִשְׁחָ֑תָה
Gen 6:12 (
P
), Imperfect 3 feminine singular ׳
לִפְנֵי הָא
׳
וַתִּשּׁ Gen 6:11 (
P
); so Participle feminine plural as adjective נִשְׁחָתוֺת
Ezek 20:44.
Pi`el
Perfect 3 masculine singular
שִׁחֵת
Exod 32:7 +, suffix
שִׁחֶתְךָ
Hos 13:9 2
masculine singular
שִׁחַתָּ
Isa 14:20 +,
etc.;
Imperative masculine plural
שַׁחֵ֑תוּ
Jer 5:10
Infinitive construct
שַׁחֵת
Gen 13:10 +,
etc.; —
1.
spoil, ruin, accusative of eye Exod 21:26 (
E
), vineyard Jer 12:10 (figurative), branches Nah 2:3 (figurative), also = destroy
, accusative of person 2Sam 1:14; 2Sam 14:11 (accusative omitted), Ezek 5:16; Ezek 20:17,
כָּלבָֿשָׂר
Gen 6:17;
Gen 9:15 (
P
), city, fortress, etc., Gen 13:10; Gen 19:13; Gen 19:29 (all
J
),
2Sam 24:16; Jer 5:10 (accusative omitted), Jer 48:18; Ezek 26:4;
Ezek 43:3
; Lam 2:5,
ruin temple Lam 2:6, nation Hos 11:9; Hos 13:9 (read perhaps שִׁחַתִּךָ
Oort
Now), land 2Kgs 19:12 (Hiph`il in || Isa 37:12), Judg 6:5; Josh 22:33
(
P
),
Ezek 22:30; Ezek 30:11, earth Gen 9:11 (
P
); with ל object (ל
3.b.), city 1Sam 23:10, person Num 32:15 (
P
); with accusative רַחֲמָיו
Amos 1:11
, destroyed (stifled) his compassion (or, RSK 28 and others, the bonds of kinship
, see
רַחֲמִים
), בְּרִית
Mal 2:8, i.e.
violate it, see especially אַרְצָה
׳
וְשׁ (that is, semen) Gen 38:9 (
J
) he spoiled (it) upon the ground, made it
ineffective, = waste words Prov 23:8.
2.
pervert, corrupt, accusative wisdom Ezek 28:17, absolute = deal corruptly
, הֶעֱמִיקוּ שִׁחֵתוּ
Hos 9:9
(compare [עָמֹק], p.770:b; but We
Now read שַׁחְתּוֺ, √ שׁוח), Exod 32:7 (
J
E
), Deut
9:12, so לוֺ
׳
שׁ
Deut 32:5.
Hiph`il103
Perfect 3 masculine singular
הִשְׁחִית
Gen 6:12 +; 1
singular
וְהִשְׁחַתִּ֫י
Jer 51:20,
etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular
יַשְׁחִית
Dan 8:24 +,
יַשְׁחִת
Mal 3:11 +,
וַיַּשְׁחֵת
1Chr 20:1 2
feminine singular
וַתַּשְׁחִתִי
Ezek 16:47
, 2 masculine plural
תַּשְׁחִתוּן
Deut 4:16;
Deut 31:29
Imperative masculine singular suffix
הַשְׁחִיתָהּ
2Kgs 18:25
=
Isa
36:10
Infinitive absolute
הַשְׁחֵת
Deut 31:29
construct
הַשְׁחִית
1Sam 26:15
+, etc.;
Participle
מַשְׁחִית
Gen 19:14 +,
etc.; —
1.
spoil, ruin, accusative crop Judg 6:4; Mal 3:11, trees Deut 20:19; Deut 20:20
;
Jer 11:19 (figurative), vessels 2Chr 36:19, houses 2Chr 34:11, palaces Jer 6:5 compare Isa 65:8
;
Lev 19:27 (
H
), Ruth
4:6
דַּיָּם
׳
הִשׁ
Jer 49:9
thieves damage as much as they want; accusative of person =
ruin, destroy, 1Sam 26:9; 1Sam 26:15; Judg 20:21; Judg 20:25 (+
אַ֫רְצָה), Judg 20:35 Judg 20:42; 2Kgs 13:23; 2Chr
24:23 (+ מִן separ.), + 12 t., + (accusative of person omitted) Isa 51:13
+ 4 t., accusative בֵּית דָּוִד
2Chr 21:7
, absolute Isa
11:9 = Isa 65:25 also ruin one (by
words) Prov
11:9 accusative עַם
2Sam
24:16;
Deut 9:26 land
1Sam 6:5; Jer 36:29; Dan 11:17 (see Dr
); city wall 2Sam 20:15 (Ew
Th here denominative from שַׁחַת
they were making a pit; <
ᵐ5
We (?) Klo
Dr
Bu
HPS
Now
מְחַשְּׁבִים
were devising), Lam 2:8, cities and nations Gen 18:28 (twice in verse) (
J
, accusative omitted), Gen 19:13; Gen 19:14 (
J
),
Isa 37:12 (Pi`el in || 2Kgs 19:12),
2Kgs
36:10 (twice in verse) = 2Kgs 18:25 (twice in verse) + 11 t. + (Israel personified)
Deut 4:31
;
Deut 10:10; 2Kgs 8:19, pride of Judah Jer 13:9, earth Jer 51:1 absolute with
adverb accusative
Dan 8:24 (see Dr; Bev
conjecture יְשׂחֵחַ or יָשִׂיחַ
utter monstrous things), compare 1Chr 21:12 Participle as adjective, of
lion Jer
2:30, angel 1Chr 21:15 = destroyer
Exod
12:23 (
J
),
Jer 22:7; Isa 54:16, גּוֺיִם
׳
מ
Jer 4:7,
׳
רוּחַ מ
Jer 51:1
singular collective (׳
הַמּ
Ges«GKC:126l»§ 126l; the destroying band
, compare Dr
Bu
Now) 1Sam 13:17; 1Sam 14:15 (spoilers,
ravagers); figurative for snare, trap, Jer 5:26.
2.
pervert, corrupt, morally, accusative דֶּרֶךְ
Gen 6:12
(
P
; see
דֶּרֶךְ
6), נַפְשׁוֺ
Prov 6:32
, compare
Zeph 3:7; Ezek 23:11 (מִן compare); ׳
הִשׁ
הִתְעִיבוּ עֲלִילָה
Ps 14:1
= Ps 53:2
׳
הַשְׁחֵת תַּשְׁח (+ verb of particular act) Deut 4:16; Deut 31:29 declar. =
act corruptly, Isa 1:4; Deut 4:28 (+ verb of act), 2Chr 27:2, + מִן
compare
Judg 2:19; Ezek 16:47
Participle as substantive Jer 6:28, ׳
אִישׁ מַשׁ
Prov
28:24 (
Prov 18:9 see infra). — אַלתַּֿשְׁחֵת
destroy not (catchword of old song or melody ?) in Psalm-titles:
Prov 57:1
;
Prov 58:1
;
Prov 59:1
;
Prov 75:1
.
Hoph`al
Participle
מָשְׁחָת
spoiled, ruined, of a spring, מָקוֺר
Prov 25:26
(|| מַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ); as substantive Mal 1:14 sacrificing a spoiled
thing.