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title: מָחַץ — smite through · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָחַץ (4272), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: smite through. BDB 1906: vb. smite through, wound severely, shatter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָחַץ

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«מָחַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **smite through** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 4272 · **BDB:** מָחַץ

### Glosses

he.smashes (3); I (2); I.wound (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smite through [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4272/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. smite through, wound severely, shatter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4272/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. smite through, wound severely, shatter (poet.) (Assyrian maḫâṣu, smite, wound, DlHWB 398; Arabic مَخَضَ churn; beat or agitate the milk, etc.; Sab. מחֿץֿ DHMZMG xxx. 1876, 684; xxxvii. 1883, 338; Burgen u. Schlösser (SB. xcvii. 1881), 965 (of stone-cutter’s work), HomChrestom. 127; Ethiopic መሐጸ: );— Pf. 3 ms. מ׳ Jb 26:12 + 3 times וּמָֽחֲצָה Ju 5:26 etc.; Impf. יִמְחַץ Jb 5:18 ψ 68:22; 1 s. sf. אֶמְחָצֵם ψ 18:39; וָא׳ 2 S 22:39;—smite through, sq. רֹאשׁוֹ, of Jael, Ju 5:26 (‖ הָלַם, מָחַק, חָלַף); of Isr., shattering enemies, חִצָּיו יִמ׳ Nu 24:8 (obj. om.; ‖ עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם) cf. v 17 (obj. פַּֽאֲתֵי מוֹאָב); cf. ψ 18:39 = 2 S 22:39; of י׳, smiting through or shattering his foes, ψ 110:5, their heads v 6 68:22 Hb 3:13, loins Dt 33:11; cf. Jb 26:12 obj. רַהַב, q.v.; abs., Dt 32:39 (opp. רָפָא; ‖ cl. אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה) cf. Jb 5:18 (opp. רָפָא, ‖ cl. יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ). For תִּמְחַץ (רגלך בְּדָם) ψ 68:24, read תִּרְחַץ (58:11), Ol Br Che Bae We.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָחַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4272/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.18/)

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כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וְיָדָ֥יו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he he.causes.pain and he.binds.up he.smashes and hands his they.heal

*JPS 1917:* For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.

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[Psalms 18:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.39/)

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אֶ֭מְחָצֵם וְלֹא־יֻ֣כְלוּ ק֑וּם יִ֝פְּל֗וּ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* I smashed.them and not they.were.able to.rise they.fell under feet my

*JPS 1917:* I have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise; they are fallen under my feet.

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