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Strong's #4272 - מָחַץ
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- to smite through, shatter, wound severely
- (Qal)
- to shatter
- shattering (participle)
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2334) yhm (מההתס MHhTs) AC: Strike CO: Gash AB: ?: A large gash from the strike of a sword or arrow. [from: hm]
V) yhm (מההתס MHhTs) - Strike: KJV (14): (vf: Paal, Participle) wound, smite, pierce, strike, dip - Strongs: H4272 (מָחַץ)
Nm) yhm (מההתס MHhTs) - Gash: KJV (1): stroke - Strongs: H4273 (מַחַץ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳מ Job 26:12 3t.; וּמחֲצָה Judges 5:26 etc.; Imperfect יִמְחַץ Job 5:18; Psalm 68:22; 1 singular suffix אֶמְחָצֵם Psalm 18:39; ׳וָא 2 Samuel 22:39; — smite through, followed by ראֹשׁוֺ, of Jael, Judges 5:26 ("" הָלַם, מָחַק, חָלַף); of Israel, shattering enemies, ׳חִצָּיו יִמ Numbers 24:8 (object omitted; "" עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם) compare Numbers 24:17 (object ַמּאֲתֵי מוֺאָב); compare Psalm 18:39 = 2 Samuel 22:39; of ׳י, smiting through or shattering his foes, Psalm 110:5; their heads Psalm 110:6; Psalm 68:22; Habakkuk 3:13, loins Deuteronomy 33:1; compare Job 26:12 object רַהַב, q. v.; absolute, Deuteronomy 32:39 (opposed to רָפָא; "" clause אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה) compare Job 5:18 (opposed to רָפָא, "" clause יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ). For תִּמְחַץרגלך בְּדָם Psalm 68:24, read תִּרְחַץ ( Psalm 58:11), Ol Br Che Bae We.
מָחַץ
(1) to agitate, to shake, e.g. the foot in bood. Psalms 68:24; Numbers 24:8, וְחִצָּיו יִמְחַץ “and he shaketh his arrows,” sc. in blood; compare Ps. loc. cit. (Arab. مخض to agitate, e.g. water in a bucket, see Alb. Schult. De Defectibus Ling. Hebr., p. 75. Origg. Hebr., t. i. p. 100).
(2) to shake, to smite, as any one’s head, Psalms 68:22, 110:6 the loins, Deuteron. 33:11. Figuratively, Job 26:12, “by his wisdom he smiteth its (the sea’s) pride,” i.e. he restrains its proud waves. Hence