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title: מַשְׁחֵת — destruction · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשְׁחֵת (4892), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: destruction. BDB 1906: id. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשְׁחֵת

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«מַשְׁחֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **destruction** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4892 · **BDB:** מַשְׁחֵת

### Glosses

his.destruction (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

destruction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4892/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4892/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]id.;—כְּלִי מַשְׁחֵתוֹ Ez 9:1.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשְׁחֵת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4892/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.1/)

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וַיִּקְרָ֣א בְאָזְנַ֗י ק֤וֹל גָּדוֹל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר קָרְב֖וּ פְּקֻדּ֣וֹת הָעִ֑יר וְאִ֛ישׁ כְּלִ֥י מַשְׁחֵת֖וֹ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.called.out in ears my a.voice great (cmp) they.have.drawn.near the.punishments of the.city and everyone the.weapon his.destruction his \[is\].in hand his

*JPS 1917:* Then he called in mine ears with a loud voice, saying: 'Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.'

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