מַשְׁחִית

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4889

ruin — used 20 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

ruin tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַשְׁחִית²: ruin, destruction Hiph. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] ruin, destruction;—מ׳ abs. Je 5:26 + 10 times;—physical destruction Ez 5:16; 9:6; 21:36; 25:15; Ex 12:13 (P), 2 Ch 20:23; 22:4; בַּעַל מ׳ Pr 18:9 = destroyers; Dn 10:8 (disfigurement); הַר־מ׳ Je 51:25 (fig. of Bab. as destroyer), in 2 K 23:13 = mt. of corruption (where bamoth were, S. end of Mt. of Olives, poss. adapted from הַר־מִשְׁחָה so HoffmZAW ii (1882), 175 Benz Kit Bur; 𝔙 mons offensionis).—v. [שָׁחַת] Hiph. 1. Pt.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: destruction (9); a destroyer (3); destroyer (3).

In the verses

Proverbs 18:9 · tree →

גַּ֭ם מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה בִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ אָ֥ח ה֝֗וּא לְבַ֣עַל מַשְׁחִֽית׃

Word for word: also [one.who].shows.himself.idle in work his [is].a.brother he to a.master of.destruction

JPS 1917: Even one that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Jeremiah 5:26 · tree →

כִּי־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְעַמִּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֑ים יָשׁוּר֙ כְּשַׁ֣ךְ יְקוּשִׁ֔ים הִצִּ֥יבוּ מַשְׁחִ֖ית אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃

Word for word: (dm) they.are.found among people my wicked.[people] he.watches as bend fowlers they.set a.destroyer people they.catch

JPS 1917: For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

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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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