STRONGS NUMBER H4229

H4229. machah

I. מָחָה‎ verb wipe, wipe out (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic , efface, erase, cancel, obliterate; Aramaic מְחָא‎ (I), compare Phoenician למחת‎ according to stroke = exactly Hoffin^{Phoenician Inschr., Abh. GGW, xxxvi. May 1889, 9}). —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular מָחָה‎ Numbers 5:23 3t.; 3 feminine singular מחֲתָה‎ Proverbs 30:20 4t. Pf; Imperfect יִמְחֶה‎ 2 Kings 21:13; וַיִּמַח‎ (Baer; variant reading וַיִּמַּח‎) Genesis 7:23; 1singular suffix אֶמְחֶנּוּ‎ Exodus 32:33; 4t. Imperfect; Imperative מְחֵה‎ Psalm 51:3; 51:11; suffix מְחֵנִי‎ Exodus 32:32; Infinitive absolute מָחֹה‎ 17:14; construct לִמְחוֺת‎ 2 Kings 14:27; Participle מֹחֶה‎ Isaiah 43:25; feminine plural (לְ)מֹחוֺת‎ Proverbs 31:3; (Ges Fl Nö De Str for לַמְחוֺת ᵑ0‎); —

1 wipe, the mouth Proverbs 30:20; tears from (מעל‎) the face Isaiah 25:8; written curse, into the water (אלמֿים‎) for drinking Numbers 5:23 (P); Moses' name from the book (מספר‎) of God Exodus 32:32-33, (J); עַלמָּֿנֶיהָ וְהָפַךְ מָחָה אֶתהַֿצַּלַּחַת יִמְחֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶתֿ וּמָחִיתִי‎ 2 Kings 21:13 and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipeth a dish, — he doth wipe and turn it (but read probably וְהָפֹךְ מָחֹה‎) upside down.

2 blot out = obliterate from the memory, הַשָּׁמַיִם מִתַּחַת‎ from under heaven e.g. the name Deuteronomy 9:14; 29:19; 2 Kings 14:27; the remembrance Exodus 17:14 (twice in verse) (J), Deuteronomy 25:19; the name for ever Psalm 9:6; transgressions (פשׁע‎; no more remembered by God against sinner) 51:3; Isaiah 43:25; 44:22; עָון‎ Psalm 51:11.

3 blot out = exterminate, כלהֿיקוֺם‎ all existing things Genesis 7:23 (J) and mankind, הָאֲדָמָה מְּנֵי מֵעַל‎ 6:7; 7:4 (J); מְלָכִין מֹחוֺת‎ Proverbs 31:3 (with the text-change, see above) = destroyers of kings (i.e. impure women), but expression strange and dubious.

Niph`al Perfect3masculine plural נִמְחוּ‎ Ezekiel 6:6; Imperfect יִמָּחֶה‎ Deuteronomy 25:6; Judges 21:17; יִמַּח‎ Psalm 109:13; 3feminine singular תִּמָּ֑ח‎ 109:14; 4t. Imperfect; —

1 be wiped out חַיִּים מִסֵּפֶר‎ Psalm 69:29.

2 be blotted out, מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל‎ of a name Deuteronomy 25:6, a tribe Judges 21:17; name ("" posterity) Psalm 109:13; from memory, of sins Nehemiah 3:37; 109:14; reproach, Proverbs 6:33.

3 be exterminated, מִןהָֿאָרֶץ‎ Genesis 7:23 (J); of idolatrous works of Israel Ezekiel 6:6.

Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular תֶּ֫מַח‎ Nehemiah 13:14; תֶּ֑מְחִי‎ Jeremiah 18:23 (but tone suggests תֶּ֫מַח‎ compare Ges<sup>§ 75</sup>. R. 17; Gie reads Qal and doubts Hiph`il altogether); Infinitive לַמְחוֺת‎ Proverbs 31:3 ( = לְהַמְחוֺת‎ but see Qal 3); — blot out, from the memory; pious acts Nehemiah 13:14; sins Jeremiah 18:23.

II. מָחָה‎ verb strike (Aramaic מְחָא‎ (II), ; according to L Gei^{Urspr. d. spr. 416} Lag^{Semitic i. 26, BN 142} Nö^{ZMG xxxii, 1878, 409 weakend} from = , Hebrew מָחַץ‎ q. v. compare Dr^{§ 178 n}.; Assyrian ma—û = crush, oppress, according to Dl^{HWB 396}); — Perfect3masculine singular consecutive, וגו ׳עַלכֶּֿתֶף וּמָחָה‎ Numbers 34:11 (P) and the border shall strike upon (reach unto) the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth ( > Di and others derive from I. מָחָה‎ rub along by, brush past, skirt).

III. מָחָה‎ verb denominative only

Pu`al Participle מְמֻחָיִם‎ (Ges^{§ 75}. R.13) in phrase מ ׳שְׁמָנִים‎ Isaiah 25:6 fat pieces full of marrow.

מְחִי‎ see II. מחה‎.