מְחָא

Biblical Aramaic

smite — used 4 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

smite tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְחָא: vb. smite tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. smite (v. BH II. מָחָה);— Pf. 3 fs. מְחַת, ל rei, Dn 2:34, 35 (+ עַל). Impf. 3 ms. יְמַחֵא בִידֵהּ 4:32, i.e. hinder him (cf. Ec 8:4 𝔗 DAramaic Dialektproben, p. 5; Talm.: LevyNHWB s.v.). Impf. 3 ms. יִתְמְחֵא Ezr 6:11 let him be smitten (nailed) עֲלֹ֑הִי. מַחֵא Dn 5:19 v. [חֲיָא].

Jastrow 1903

מְחָא II: whip tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(preced.) whip. Targ. Nah. III, 2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it struck (2); he will strike (1); let him be impaled (1).

In the verses

Daniel 2:34 · tree →

חָזֵ֣ה הֲוַ֗יְתָ עַ֠ד דִּ֣י הִתְגְּזֶ֤רֶת אֶ֙בֶן֙ דִּי־לָ֣א בִידַ֔יִן וּמְחָ֤ת לְצַלְמָא֙ עַל־רַגְל֔וֹהִי דִּ֥י פַרְזְלָ֖א וְחַסְפָּ֑א וְהַדֵּ֖קֶת הִמּֽוֹן׃

Word for word: seeing you.were until that it.was.cut.out a.stone which not [was].by hands and it.struck (et) the image on feet its (diy).of the iron and the clay and it.shattered them

JPS 1917: Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

Ezra 6:11 · tree →

וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּ֣י כָל־אֱנָ֗שׁ דִּ֤י יְהַשְׁנֵא֙ פִּתְגָמָ֣א דְנָ֔ה יִתְנְסַ֥ח אָע֙ מִן־בַּיְתֵ֔הּ וּזְקִ֖יף יִתְמְחֵ֣א עֲלֹ֑הִי וּבַיְתֵ֛הּ נְוָל֥וּ יִתְעֲבֵ֖ד עַל־דְּנָֽה׃

Word for word: and from me it.is.made a.decree (diy).that every person who he.will.violate the command this let.it.be.pulled.away a.beam from house his and [he.will].be.lifted.up let.him.be.impaled on it and house his a.refuse-heap let.it.be.made on this

JPS 1917: Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this;

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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