The meaning of “מָחַץ”
Understanding mâchats reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound. - to dash asunder - by implication, to crush, smash or vi...
מָחַץ
dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound. - to dash asunder - by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge - figuratively, to subdue or destroy 1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (participle)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 24:17 | “I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.” Word: מָחַץ (mâchats) | |
| Deuteronomy 33:11 | “Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.” Word: מָחַץ (mâchats) | |
| Judges 5:26 | “She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.” Word: מָחַץ (mâchats) | |
| 2 Samuel 22:39 | “And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.” Word: מָחַץ (mâchats) | |
| Job 26:12 | “He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.” Word: מָחַץ (mâchats) |
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