מְחִתָּה

«מְחִתָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: terror — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 11 times · Key: 4288 · BDB: מְחִתָּה

Glosses

terror (4); [is].ruin (2); ruin (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

terror tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. terror, destruction, ruin tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. terror, destruction, ruin, poet. (especially Pr)—abs. מ׳ Pr 10:14 + 8 times; cstr. מְחִתַּת Pr 10:15; 14:28;— terror, Is 54:14 (‖ עֹשֶׁק), Je 17:17; = obj. of terror, 48:39 (‖ שְׂחֹק). dismay, Pr 21:15 (opp. שִׂמְחָה). ruin, of strongholds ψ 89:41; בְּאֶפֶם לְאֹם מ׳ רָזוֹן Pr 14:28 without people is ruin to a prince (opp. הַדְרַת־מֶלֶךְ); מ׳ דַּלִּים רֵישָׁם 10:15 the ruin of the poor (is) their poverty; as consequence of evil-doing מ׳ לְפֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן Pr 10:29 (opp. מָעוֹז); of fools פִּי כְסִיל מ׳־לוֹ 18:7, cf. 13:3 (opp. שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ); פִּי אֱוִיל מ׳ קְרֹבָה 10:14 the mouth of a fool is imminent ruin.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מְחִתָּה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 89:41

פָּרַ֥צְתָּ כָל־גְּדֵרֹתָ֑יו שַׂ֖מְתָּ מִבְצָרָ֣יו מְחִתָּה׃

Word for word: you.have.broken.through all walls his you.have.made strongholds his a.ruin

JPS 1917: Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

Proverbs 10:14

חֲכָמִ֥ים יִצְפְּנוּ־דָ֑עַת וּפִֽי־אֱ֝וִיל מְחִתָּ֥ה קְרֹבָֽה׃

Word for word: wise.[people] they.store.up knowledge and.[the] mouth of.a.fool [is].ruin near

JPS 1917: Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an imminent ruin.

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