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title: מַהְפֵּכָה — overthrow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַהְפֵּכָה (4114), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: overthrow. BDB 1906: n.f. overthrow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַהְפֵּכָה

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«מַהְפֵּכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **overthrow** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4114 · **BDB:** מַהְפֵּכָה

### Glosses

the.overthrow (5); overthrow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

overthrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4114/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. overthrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4114/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַהְפֵּכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4114/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 13:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.19/)

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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.

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[Isaiah 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.7/)

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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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