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title: מַשְׁחִית — ruin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשְׁחִית (4889), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: ruin. BDB 1906: ruin, destruction Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשְׁחִית

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«מַשְׁחִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ruin** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 4889 · **BDB:** מַשְׁחִית²

### Glosses

destruction (9); a.destroyer (3); destroyer (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ruin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4889/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ruin, destruction Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4889/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] ruin, destruction;—מ׳ abs. Je 5:26 + 10 times;—physical destruction Ez 5:16; 9:6; 21:36; 25:15; Ex 12:13 (P), 2 Ch 20:23; 22:4; בַּעַל מ׳ Pr 18:9 = destroyers; Dn 10:8 (disfigurement); הַר־מ׳ Je 51:25 (fig. of Bab. as destroyer), in 2 K 23:13 = mt. of corruption (where bamoth were, S. end of Mt. of Olives, poss. adapted from הַר־מִשְׁחָה so HoffmZAW ii (1882), 175 Benz Kit Bur; 𝔙 mons offensionis).—v. \[שָׁחַת\] Hiph. 1. Pt.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשְׁחִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4889/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 18:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.9/)

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גַּ֭ם מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה בִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ אָ֥ח ה֝֗וּא לְבַ֣עַל מַשְׁחִֽית׃

*Word for word:* also \[one.who\].shows.himself.idle in work his \[is\].a.brother he to a.master of.destruction

*JPS 1917:* Even one that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

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[Jeremiah 5:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.26/)

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כִּי־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְעַמִּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֑ים יָשׁוּר֙ כְּשַׁ֣ךְ יְקוּשִׁ֔ים הִצִּ֥יבוּ מַשְׁחִ֖ית אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.are.found among people my wicked.\[people\] he.watches as bend fowlers they.set a.destroyer people they.catch

*JPS 1917:* For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

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