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H4229

H4229 — מָחָה

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

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HebrewmachahverbOccurrences: 36TWOT: 1178

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4229
Word:מָחָה
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:36
Transliteration:machah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-khaw'
Meaning:1. (properly) to stroke or rub 2. (by implication) to erase 3. (also) to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat 4. (also) to touch, i.e. reach to
KJV Renderings:abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, X utterly, wipe (away, out).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4580

I. מָחָה verb wipe, wipe out (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2951], efface, erase, cancel, obliterate; Aramaic מְחָא (I), compare Phoenician למחת according to stroke = exactly HoffinPhoenician Inschr., Abh. GGW, xxxvi. May 1889, 9). —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular מָחָה Num 5:23 + 3 t.; 3 feminine singular ˜מחֲתָה Prov 30:20 + 4 t. Pf; Imperfect יִמְחֶה 2Kgs 21:13 וַיִּמַח (Baer; variant reading וַיִּמַּח ) Gen 7:23 1 singular suffix אֶמְחֶנּוּ Exod 32:33 + 4 t. Imperfect; Imperative מְחֵה Ps 51:3; Ps 51:11 suffix מְחֵנִי Exod 32:32 Infinitive absolute מָחֹה Exod 17:14 construct לִמְחוֺת 2Kgs 14:27 Participle מֹחֶה Isa 43:25 feminine plural (לְ)מֹחוֺת Prov 31:3 ( Ges Fl Nö De Str for ᵑ0 לַמְחוֺת); —
1. wipe, the mouth Prov 30:20 tears from (מעל) the face Isa 25:8 written curse, into the water (אלמֿים) for drinking Num 5:23 ( P ); Moses' name from the book (מספר) of God Exod 32:32; Exod 32:33 ( J ); וּמָחִיתִי אֶתֿ יְרוּשָׁלִַם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְחֶה אֶתהַֿצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ עַלפָּֿנֶיהָ 2Kgs 21:13 and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipeth a dish, — he doth wipe and turn it (but read probably מָחֹה וְהָפֹךְ) upside down.
2. blot out = obliterate from the memory, מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם from under heaven e.g. the name Deut 9:14; Deut 29:19; 2Kgs 14:27 the remembrance Exod 17:14 (twice in verse) ( J ), Deut 25:19 the name for ever Ps 9:6 transgressions (פשׁע; no more remembered by God against sinner) Ps 51:3 ; Isa 43:25 ; Isa 44:22 עָון Ps 51:11.
3. blot out = exterminate, כלהֿיקוֺם all existing things Gen 7:23 ( J ) and mankind, מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה Gen 6:7; Gen 7:4 ( J ); מֹחוֺת מְלָכִין Prov 31:3 (with the text-change, see above) = destroyers of kings (i.e. impure women), but expression strange and dubious.
Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine plural נִמְחוּ Ezek 6:6 Imperfect יִמָּחֶה Deut 25:6; Judg 21:17 יִמַּח Ps 109:13 3 feminine singular תִּמָּ֑ח Ps 109:14 + 4 t. Imperfect; —
1. be wiped out מִסֵּפֶר חַיִּים Ps 69:29 .
2. be blotted out, מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל of a name Deut 25:6, a tribe Judg 21:17 name (|| posterity) Ps 109:13 from memory, of sins Neh 3:37; Ps 109:14 reproach, Prov 6:33.
3. be exterminated, מִןהָֿאָרֶץ Gen 7:23 ( J ); of idolatrous works of Israel Ezek 6:6.
Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular תֶּ֫מַח Neh 13:14 תֶּ֑מְחִי Jer 18:23 (but tone suggests תֶּ֫מַח compare Ges «GKC:75»§ 75. R. 17; Gie reads Qal and doubts Hiph`il altogether); Infinitive לַמְחוֺת Prov 31:3 ( = לְהַמְחוֺת but see Qal 3); — blot out, from the memory; pious acts Neh 13:14 sins Jer 18:23.

BDB4581

II. מָחָה verb strike (Aramaic מְחָא (II), [untranscribed source text 2952]; according to L GeiUrspr. d. spr. 416 LagSemitic i. 26, BN 142 NöZMG xxxii, 1878, 409 weakend from [untranscribed source text 2953] = [untranscribed source text 2954], Hebrew מָחַץ q. v. compare Dr§ 178 n.; Assyrian ma—û = crush, oppress, according to DlHWB 396); — Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive, וּמָחָה ׳ עַלכֶּֿתֶף וגו Num 34:11 ( P ) and the border shall strike upon (reach unto) the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth ( > Di and others derive from I. מָחָה rub along by, brush past, skirt).

BDB4589

III. מָחָה verb denominative only

Pu`al Participle מְמֻחָיִם (Ges«GKC:75»§ 75. R.13) in phrase ׳ שְׁמָנִים מ Isa 25:6 fat pieces full of marrow.

מְחִי see II. מחה .

BDB9654

[מְחָא] verb smite (see Biblical Hebrew II. מָחָה ); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 feminine singular מְחַת, ל of thing, Dan 2:34; Dan 2:35 (+ עַל).
Pa`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular ימַחֵא בִידֵהּ Dan 4:32, i.e. hinder him (compare Eccl 8:4 ᵑ7 ; DAramaic Dialektproben. p. 5; Talmud: LevyNHWB under the word ).
Hithpa`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִתְמְחֵא Ezra 6:11 let him be smitten (nailed) עֲלֹ֑הִי.

[מַחְלְקָה] see חלק .

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחה (h-gh)

Genesis 7:4

KJV: For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.destroy: Heb. blot out
EHCC: and every living substance...will 7 destroy

Numbers 5:23

KJV: And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
EHCC: and he shall blot (them ) out

Deuteronomy 29:20

KJV: The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.
EHCC: (19).and the Lord shall blot out his name

2 Kings 23:13

KJV: And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.the mount…: that is, the mount of Olives
EHCC: and I will wipe Jerusalem as (a man)

Proverbs 30:20

KJV: Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
EHCC: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth,

Isaiah 25:8

KJV: He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
EHCC: and the Lord God will wipe away tears

Isaiah 44:22

KJV: I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
EHCC: I have blotted out,...thy transgressiona,

Exodus 17:14

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
EHCC: 1 will utterly put out the remembrance

2 Kings 14:27

KJV: And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
EHCC: that he would blot out the name of Israel

Exodus 32:32

KJV: Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
EHCC: blot me, 1 pray thee, out of

Exodus 17:14

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
EHCC: Iwill utterly put out the remembrance of

Exodus 82:33

EHCC: Aim will J blot out of my book.

Deuteronomy 9:14

KJV: Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
EHCC: and blot out their name from under

Deuteronomy 25:19

KJV: Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
EHCC: thou shalt blot 4ס the remembrance

Deuteronomy 3:21

KJV: And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
EHCC: 13.a8 (a man) wipeth a dish,

Isaiah 43:25

KJV: I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
EHCC: he that blotteth owt thy tranagressions

Ezekiel 6:6

KJV: In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.images: or, sun images
EHCC: and your works may be abolished.

Genesis 7:23

KJV: And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
EHCC: And every living substance was destroyed

Deuteronomy 25:6

KJV: And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
EHCC: that his name be not put 1

Judges 21:37

EHCC: that a tribe be not destroyed

Psalms 69:28

KJV: Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
EHCC: (29). Let them be blotted oxt

Psalms 109:13

KJV: Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
EHCC: lef their name be blotted out.

Proverbs 6:33

KJV: A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
EHCC: his reproach shall not be wiped away.

Proverbs 31:3

KJV: Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
EHCC: to that which destroyeth kings,

Nehemiah 13:14

KJV: Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.good…: Heb. kindnessesoffices: or, observations
EHCC: not out ותד deeds

Jeremiah 18:23

KJV: Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.to slay…: Heb. for death
EHCC: nether blot ad eae

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