The meaning of “מָחָה”
Understanding mâchâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out). - properly, to strok...
מָחָה
abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out). - properly, to stroke or rub - by implication, to erase - also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat - also to touch, i.e. reach to 1) to wipe, wipe out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wipe 1a2) to blot out, obliterate 1a3) to blot out, exterminate 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be wiped out 1b2) to be blotted out 1b3) to be exterminated 1c) (Hiphil) to blot out (from memory) 2) (Qal) to strike 3) (Pual) full of marrow (participle)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 7:4 | “For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.” Word: מָחָה (mâchâh) | |
| Numbers 34:11 | “And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:” Word: מָחָה (mâchâh) | |
| Judges 21:17 | “And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.” Word: מָחָה (mâchâh) | |
| Nehemiah 13:14 | “Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.” Word: מָחָה (mâchâh) | |
| Proverbs 30:20 | “Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.” Word: מָחָה (mâchâh) |
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