Strong's Lexicon

H4222

H4222 — מָחָא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmachaverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1177

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4222
Word:	מָחָא
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	macha
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-khaw'
Meaning:	1. to rub or strike the hands together (in exultation)
KJV Renderings:	clap.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4579

[מָחָא] verb strike, only = clap (the hand) (Aramaic form of II. מָחָה q. v.); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural only figurative, of joy of inanimate things before ׳ נְהָרוֺת יִמְחֲאוכָֿ֑ף ׃י Ps 98:8 הַשָּׂדֶה יִמְחֲאוּכָֽֿף ׃וְכָלעֲֿצֵי Isa 55:12. —

Pi`el Infinitive construct suffix id., of exultation over foe יַעַן מַחְאֲךָ יָד Ezek 25:6 (|| וְרַקְעֲךָ בְּרָ֑גֶל).

מַחֲבֵא, [מַחֲבֹא] see חבא .

מַחְבֶ֫רֶת, [מְחַבְרָה] see חבר .

מַחֲבַת see חבת . מַחֲגֹ֫רֶת see חגר .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחא (māh-ghāh’)

Psalms 98:8

KJV: Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

EHCC: Let the floods clap (their) bands:

Isaiah 55:12

KJV: For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

EHCC: all the trees of the field shall clap