Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
KJV Usage: dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָחַץ (ma.chats) — to wound. 1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (participle)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַחַץ
Impact | verb qal | ≈ מחק | ≠ רפא
to strike, to smash, to crush = action by which humans strike other humans or animals with a hammer, club or similar object, resulting in breaking the underlying bones
NUM 24:17 · DEU 32:39 · DEU 33:11 · JDG 5:26 · 2SA 22:39 · JOB 5:18 · JOB 26:12 · PSA 18:39 · PSA 68:22 · HAB 3:13
Impact | verb qal
to smash, to break exact meaning unsure, probably: = action by which humans hit objects with a hammer, club or similar object, resulting in breaking them into multiple pieces
Control | verb qal
to defeat totally = causative action by which an army gains the upper hand over an opposing army with a total victory
Stance | verb qal
Collocation: מחץ רֶגֶל
to plunge (one's) foot literally: to strike (one's) foot (in a substance); hence: = action by which humans put their foot down with some force
1 NUM 24:8 NJPS GNT "smash (arrows)" NRSV "strike (with arrows)" REB "break" CEV "crushing" | RSV NIV NJB ESV "pierce (with arrows)"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָחַץ vb. smite through, wound severely, shatter base