מַכָּה

n.f. blow, wound, slaughter;—abs. מ׳ 1 S 4:8 +; cstr. מַכַּת Is 10:26 +; sf. מַכָּתִי Je 10:19; 15:18 etc.; pl. מַכִּים 2 K 8:29 = 9:15 = 2 Ch 22:6; מַכּוֹת abs. Zc 13:6 +, cstr., etc. pl. מַכּוֹת abs. 2 K 8:29 +; cstr. Dt 29:21 +; sf. מַכֹּתְךָ Dt 28:59, מַכּוֹתַיִךְ Je 30:17, etc.;— blow, stripe, lit. of scourging, chastising Dt 25:3; Pr 20:30 (‖ חַבֻּרוֹת פֶּצַע); מַכַּת חֶרֶב Est 9:5 (as acc. cogn.). beating, scourging, fig. of defeat of Midian Is 10:26 (‖ עוֹרֵר שׁוֹט). often wound 1 K 22:35; 2 K 8:29; 9:15 = 2 Ch 22:6 (read מִן־הַמּ׳), Zc 13:6 (בֵּין יָדֶיךָ); symbol. of violence Je 6:7 (+ חֳלִי); פֶּצַע וְחַבּוּרָה וּמַכָּה טְרִיָּה Is 1:6 (of Judah, under fig. of maltreated man), cf. Mi 1:9 (מ׳אֲנוּשָׁה), Na 3:19 (‖ שֶׁבֶר; of Nineveh), especially in Je (of Judah): Je 10:19; 14:17; 30:12 (all + נַחֲלָה severe; ‖ שֶׁבֶר), 15:18 (מ׳ אֲנוּשָׁת), 19:8; 49:17; 50:13, as acc. cogn. 30:14, c. vb. רָפָא heal v 17; also מַחַץ מ׳ Is 30:26 (‖ שֶׁבֶר); of wounds made by י׳’s arrows ψ 64:8. = slaughter 1 S 4:10; 14:30, usually as acc. cogn. c. הִכָּה Jos 10:20; 1 S 6:19; 14:14; 19:8; 23:5; 1 K 20:21; 2 Ch 13:17. = defeat, as acc. cogn. c. הִכָּה Jos 10:10; Ju 11:33; 15:8; 2 Ch 28:5; = conquest (of י׳) Is 14:6. plague, especially disease, as punishment (of י׳), 1 S 4:8; Dt 28:59(×3) (‖ חֳלִי), v 61 (‖ id.), 29:21 (‖ תַּחֲלֻאִים), Lv 26:21 (H), as acc. cogn. Nu 11:33.—מַכּוֹת 2 Ch 2:9 read מַכֹּלֶת (v. אבל) as ‖ 1 K 5:25, so 𝔊 𝔙 Be Öt and Th 1 K 5:25.