Quick Definition
to clap
Strong's Definition
to rub or strike the hands together (in exultation)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: clap.
TWOT Reference: 1177
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָחָא (ma.ach) — to clap. 1) to strike, clap (the hands) 1a) (Qal) to clap (of joy) 1b) (Piel) to clap (of exultation) Aramaic equivalent: me.ach (מְחָא "to smite" H4223)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Impact | verb qal
to clap = action by which humans strike the palms of their hands together repeatedly ► as an expression of joy
Impact | verb pe'al
to strike = process by which an object hits another object with force
Dead | verb hitpe'el
to be impaled literally: (one's body) is struck (on top of something); hence: = process by which a human body is placed on a vertically position on a sharpened upright pole that will pierce it
Non-Engage | verb pa
to slap (someone) on (their) hands, to hold (someone) back literally: to strike on (someone's) hand; hence: = causative action by which someone prevents someone else from performing a certain event and which contains an implied rebuke
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[מָחָא] vb. strike, only = clap (the hand) Qal only fig., of joy of inanimate things before י׳
Pi. of exultation over foe
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