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

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«מָחָה» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:מָחָה · **BDB:** מָחָה²

### Glosses

full.of.marrow (1); it.will.reach (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strike [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5d7_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. strike [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5d7_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. strike (Aramaic מְחָא (ii), ܡܚܳܐ; according to L GeiUrspr. d. Spr. 416 LagSem. i. 26, BN 142 NöZMG xxxii, 1878, 409 weakened from ܡܚܰܥ = مخض, Heb. מָחַץ q.v., cf. Dr§ 178 n.; Assyrian maḫû = crush, oppress, DlHWB 396);— Pf. 3 ms. consec., וּמָחָה עַל־כֶּתֶף וגו׳ Nu 34:11 (P) and the border shall strike upon (reach unto) the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth (\> Di al. der. from I. מָחָה rub along by, brush past, skirt).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 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 «מָחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5d7_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 25:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.25.6/)

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וְעָשָׂה֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת לְכָל־הָֽעַמִּים֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה מִשְׁתֵּ֥ה שְׁמָנִ֖ים מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה שְׁמָרִ֑ים שְׁמָנִים֙ מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔ם שְׁמָרִ֖ים מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.make Yahweh of.hosts for all the peoples on the mountain (the) this a.feast of.fat.things a.feast of.old.wine(s) fat.things full.of.marrow old.wine(s) refined

*JPS 1917:* And in this mountain will the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

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[Numbers 34:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.34.11/)

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וְיָרַ֨ד הַגְּבֻ֧ל מִשְּׁפָ֛ם הָרִבְלָ֖ה מִקֶּ֣דֶם לָעָ֑יִן וְיָרַ֣ד הַגְּב֔וּל וּמָחָ֛ה עַל־כֶּ֥תֶף יָם־כִּנֶּ֖רֶת קֵֽדְמָה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.go.down the border from Shepham (the) Riblah from.\[the\] east of Ain and it.will.go.down the border and it.will.reach to the.slope of.the.sea of.Kinnereth eastward

*JPS 1917:* and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

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