H4229 - מָחָה (mâchâh)

H4229 מָחָה (mâchâh) maw-khaw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; 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

KJV Usage: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, X utterly, wipe (away, out)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָחָה (ma.chah) — to wipe. 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)

מָחָה (ma.chah) — to strike. (Qal) to strike

מָחָה (ma.chah) — be marrow. (Pual) full of marrow (participle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מחה (H4229)

verb

Clean | verb qal

to wipe = causative action by which humans clean or dry an object or body part by rubbing it with a cloth or with their hands; sometimes extended to refer to God; ≈ sometimes associated with destruction

2KI 21:13 · 2KI 21:13 · PRO 30:20 · ISA 25:8

Clean | verb qal, verb nif

to erase, to blot out = causative action by which humans erase words from parchment or leather, either by scratching away the ink with a sharp implement or by washing it away with water

EXO 32:32 · EXO 32:33 · NUM 5:23 · PSA 69:29

Non-Know | verb qal, verb hif, verb nif

to blot out, to wipe out = causative action by which deities or humans ensure that (other) humans and/or their actions will no longer be remembered

EXO 17:14 · EXO 17:14 · DEU 9:14 · DEU 25:6 · DEU 25:19 · DEU 29:19 · 2KI 14:27 · NEH 13:14 · PSA 9:6 · PSA 109:13 · PRO 6:33

Innocent | verb qal, verb hif, verb nif

to wipe away, to forgive = causative action by which deities decide to no longer hold a certain human's behavior against that person, as if by erasing that sin from one's record

NEH 3:37 · PSA 51:3 · PSA 51:11 · PSA 109:14 · ISA 43:25 · ISA 44:22 · JER 18:23

Non-Exist | verb qal, verb hif, verb nif

to blot out, to wipe out, to destroy = causative action by which humans or deities totally remove (other) humans and objects from existence without leaving a trace

GEN 6:7 · GEN 7:4 · GEN 7:23 · GEN 7:23 · JDG 21:17 · 2KI 21:13 · PRO 31:3 · EZK 6:6

verb

Space | verb qal

to reach = state in which a geographical boundary reaches a certain place before taking a turn

NUM 34:11

verb

Contain | verb pi ptc.act

full of marrow = state in which a dish contains a large quantity of marrow, ≈ which is considered to be a delicacy

ISA 25:6

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מָחָה vb. wipe, wipe out Qal wipe

blot out = obliterate from the memory

blot out = exterminate

Niph. be wiped out

be blotted out

be exterminated

Hiph. blot out, from the memory

base

מָחָה vb. strike;—Nu 34:11 (P) ref

מָחָה vb. denom. only Pu. Pt. in Is 25:6 fat pieces full of marrow ref