--- title: מַכָּה — blow · The Tanakh dictionary description: מַכָּה (4347), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 48 times: blow. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4347.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-4.md)‎ / מַכָּה‎ # מַכָּה «מַכָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 48 times · **Key:** 4347 · **BDB:** מַכָּה² ### Glosses wounds (11); a.defeat (9); a.blow (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) blow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4347/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4347/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. blow, wound, slaughter;—abs. מ׳ 1 S 4:8 +; cstr. מַכַּת Is 10:26 +; sf. מַכָּתִי Je 10:19; 15:18 etc.; pl. מַכִּים 2 K 8:29 = 9:15 = 2 Ch 22:6; מַכּוֹת abs. Zc 13:6 +, cstr., etc. pl. מַכּוֹת abs. 2 K 8:29 +; cstr. Dt 29:21 +; sf. מַכֹּתְךָ Dt 28:59, מַכּוֹתַיִךְ Je 30:17, etc.;— blow, stripe, lit. of scourging, chastising Dt 25:3; Pr 20:30 (‖ חַבֻּרוֹת פֶּצַע); מַכַּת חֶרֶב Est 9:5 (as acc. cogn.). beating, scourging, fig. of defeat of Midian Is 10:26 (‖ עוֹרֵר שׁוֹט). often wound 1 K 22:35; 2 K 8:29; 9:15 = 2 Ch 22:6 (read מִן־הַמּ׳), Zc 13:6 (בֵּין יָדֶיךָ); symbol. of violence Je 6:7 (+ חֳלִי); פֶּצַע וְחַבּוּרָה וּמַכָּה טְרִיָּה Is 1:6 (of Judah, under fig. of maltreated man), cf. Mi 1:9 (מ׳אֲנוּשָׁה), Na 3:19 (‖ שֶׁבֶר; of Nineveh), especially in Je (of Judah): Je 10:19; 14:17; 30:12 (all + נַחֲלָה severe; ‖ שֶׁבֶר), 15:18 (מ׳ אֲנוּשָׁת), 19:8; 49:17; 50:13, as acc. cogn. 30:14, c. vb. רָפָא heal v 17; also מַחַץ מ׳ Is 30:26 (‖ שֶׁבֶר); of wounds made by י׳’s arrows ψ 64:8. = slaughter 1 S 4:10; 14:30, usually as acc. cogn. c. הִכָּה Jos 10:20; 1 S 6:19; 14:14; 19:8; 23:5; 1 K 20:21; 2 Ch 13:17. = defeat, as acc. cogn. c. הִכָּה Jos 10:10; Ju 11:33; 15:8; 2 Ch 28:5; = conquest (of י׳) Is 14:6. plague, especially disease, as punishment (of י׳), 1 S 4:8; Dt 28:59(×3) (‖ חֳלִי), v 61 (‖ id.), 29:21 (‖ תַּחֲלֻאִים), Lv 26:21 (H), as acc. cogn. Nu 11:33.—מַכּוֹת 2 Ch 2:9 read מַכֹּלֶת (v. אבל) as ‖ 1 K 5:25, so 𝔊 𝔙 Be Öt and Th 1 K 5:25. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 45 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מַכָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4347/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 64:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.64.8/) וַיֹּרֵ֗ם אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֥ץ פִּתְא֑וֹם הָ֝י֗וּ מַכּוֹתָֽם׃ *Word for word:* and he shot.at.them God an.arrow suddenly they.will.be wounds their *JPS 1917:* But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds. [Proverbs 20:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.30/) חַבֻּר֣וֹת פֶּ֭צַע תַּמְר֣וּק בְּרָ֑ע וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹת חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃ *Word for word:* wounds of.bruise\[s\] \[are\].a.cleansing (in) evil and blows \[the\].chambers of.\[the\].belly *JPS 1917:* Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts. - ← previous: [מַכְבֵּר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4346.md) - next →: [מִכְוָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4348.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-4.md)