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title: מְחָא — smite · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מְחָא (lemma:מְחָא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: smite. BDB 1906: vb. smite. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְחָא

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«מְחָא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **smite** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:מְחָא · **BDB:** מְחָא

### Glosses

it.struck (2); he.will.strike (1); let.him.be.impaled (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d7_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. smite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d7_5b8_5d0/#m2)

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**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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d7_5b8_5d0/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (preced.) whip. Targ. Nah. III, 2.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְחָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d7_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.34/)

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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.

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[Ezra 6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.11/)

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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;

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