מַהְפֵּכָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4114

overthrow — used 6 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

overthrow tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַהְפֵּכָה: n.f. overthrow tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. overthrow—always cstr. מַהְפֵּכַת; & always of overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah etc., except Is 1:7 מ׳ זָרִים, where read סְדֹם (Ew Che RSProph. 345 Di al.; also LagSem i. 3); yet even so prob. gloss, cf Stud.JPTh 1877, 714; מ׳ סְדֹם Dt 29:22 Je 49:18; and with force of verbal noun, governing acc., מ׳ אלהים את־סדם Is 13:19 Je 50:40 Am 4:11. Cf. also הָפַךְ 1 b, הֲפֵכָה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the overthrow (5); overthrow (1).

In the verses

Isaiah 13:19 · tree →

וְהָיְתָ֤ה בָבֶל֙ צְבִ֣י מַמְלָכ֔וֹת תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת גְּא֣וֹן כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶת־סְדֹ֖ם וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָֽה׃

Word for word: and it.will.be Babylon [the].beauty of.kingdoms the.splendor of.the.pride of.[the].Chaldeans like the.overthrow of.God (et) Sodom and (et) Gomorrah

JPS 1917: And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 1:7 · tree →

אַרְצְכֶ֣ם שְׁמָמָ֔ה עָרֵיכֶ֖ם שְׂרֻפ֣וֹת אֵ֑שׁ אַדְמַתְכֶ֗ם לְנֶגְדְּכֶם֙ זָרִים֙ אֹכְלִ֣ים אֹתָ֔הּ וּשְׁמָמָ֖ה כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֥ת זָרִֽים׃

Word for word: land your [is].a.desolation cities your [have.been].burned fire ground your to before you strangers [are].devouring it and desolation [is].like.[the] overthrow of.strangers

JPS 1917: Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by floods.

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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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