שָׁחַק
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7833
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
rub away tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
שָׁחַק: vb. rub away, beat fine, pulverize Hiph. tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. rub away, beat fine, pulverize (so Arabic سَحَقَ, سَحْقٌ worn garment, thin clouds; Aramaic שְׁחַק, ܫܚܰܩ pulverize; Ecclus שחק 6:36 is go often (wear by treading), Str cp. iter terere);— Pf. 3 pl. אֲבָנִים שָֽׁחֲקוּ מַיִם Jb 14:19 waters rub away stones; 2 ms. וְשָׁחַקְתָּ֫ Ex 30:36 (P; of pulverizing incense, v. דקק Hiph.); fig., acc. of foes, Impf. 1 s. sf. וְאֶשְׁחָקֵם 2 S 22:43 (‖ דקק) = ψ 18:43.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I (2); they rub away (1); you will beat fine (1).
In the verses
אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃
Word for word: stones they.rub.away waters it.washes.off overflowings its [the].dust of.[the].earth and.[the] hope of.humankind you.destroy
JPS 1917: The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖ם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃
Word for word: and I beat.them.fine like.[the] dust of.[the].earth like.[the] mud of.[the].streets I pulverized.them I beat.them.out
JPS 1917: Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.
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