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title: מָחָא — strike · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָחָא (4222), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: strike. BDB 1906: vb. strike clap. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָחָא

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«מָחָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strike** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4222 · **BDB:** מָחָא

### Glosses

clapped (1); let.them.clap (1); they.will.clap (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strike [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4222/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. strike clap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4222/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. strike, only = clap (the hand) (Aramaic form of II. מָחָה q.v.);— Impf. 3 mpl. only fig., of joy of inanimate things before י׳: נְהָרוֹת יִמְחֲאוּ־כָ֑ף ψ 98:8; וְכָל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה יִמְחֲאוּ־כָֽף ׃ Is 55:12.— Inf. cstr. sf. id., of exultation over foe יַעַן מַחְאֲךָ יָד Ez 25:6 (‖ וְרַקְעֲךָ בְּרָ֑גֶל).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָחָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4222/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 98:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.98.8/)

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נְהָר֥וֹת יִמְחֲאוּ־כָ֑ף יַ֝֗חַד הָרִ֥ים יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* rivers let.them.clap a.palm together mountains let.them.sing.for.joy

*JPS 1917:* Let the floods clap their hands; let the mountains sing for joy together;

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[Isaiah 55:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.12/)

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כִּֽי־בְשִׂמְחָ֣ה תֵצֵ֔אוּ וּבְשָׁל֖וֹם תּֽוּבָל֑וּן הֶהָרִ֣ים וְהַגְּבָע֗וֹת יִפְצְח֤וּ לִפְנֵיכֶם֙ רִנָּ֔ה וְכָל־עֲצֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה יִמְחֲאוּ־כָֽף׃

*Word for word:* (dm) in joy you.will.go.out and in peace you will.be.led the mountains and the hills they.will.break.forth before you a.shout.of.joy and all the.trees of the.field they.will.clap a.palm

*JPS 1917:* For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

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