Lexical Definition

‎מָחָה‎ mâchâh (maw-khaw') to wipe ^H:V
a primitive root

abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out).

• 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

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)
2) (Qal) to strike
3) (Pual) full of marrow (participle)

See Greek: ἀπονίπτω · ἀφαιρέω · ἐξαλείφω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎מָחָה‎ verb wipe, wipe out (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic , efface, erase, cancel, obliterate; Aramaic ‎מְחָא‎ (I), compare Phoenician ‎למחת‎ according to stroke = exactly Hoffin^{Phoenician Inschr., Abh. GGW, xxxvi. May 1889, 9}). —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎מָחָה‎ Num 5:23 + 3 t.; 3 feminine singular ‎˜מחֲתָה‎ Prov 30:20 + 4 t. Pf; Imperfect ‎יִמְחֶה‎ 2Kgs 21:13 ‎וַיִּמַח‎ (Baer; variant reading ‎וַיִּמַּח‎) Gen 7:23 1 singular suffix ‎אֶמְחֶנּוּ‎ Exod 32:33 + 4 t. Imperfect; Imperative ‎מְחֵה‎ Ps 51:3*; Ps 51:11* suffix ‎מְחֵנִי‎ Exod 32:32 Infinitive absolute ‎מָחֹה‎ Exod 17:14 construct ‎לִמְחוֺת‎ 2Kgs 14:27 Participle ‎מֹחֶה‎ Isa 43:25 feminine plural ‎(לְ)מֹחוֺת‎ Prov 31:3 (Ges Fl Nö De Str for ᵑ0 ‎לַמְחוֺת‎); —

1. wipe, the mouth Prov 30:20 tears from (‎מעל‎) the face Isa 25:8 written curse, into the water (‎אלמֿים‎) for drinking Num 5:23 (P); Moses' name from the book (‎מספר‎) of God Exod 32:32; Exod 32:33 (J); ‎וּמָחִיתִי אֶתֿ‎ ‎יְרוּשָׁלִַם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְחֶה אֶתהַֿצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ עַלפָּֿנֶיהָ‎ 2Kgs 21:13 and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipeth a dish, — he doth wipe and turn it (but read probably ‎מָחֹה וְהָפֹךְ‎) upside down.

2. blot out = obliterate from the memory, ‎מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ from under heaven e.g. the name Deut 9:14; Deut 29:19*; 2Kgs 14:27 the remembrance Exod 17:14 (twice in verse) (J), Deut 25:19 the name for ever Ps 9:6* transgressions (‎פשׁע‎; no more remembered by God against sinner) Ps 51:3*; Isa 43:25; Isa 44:22 ‎עָון‎ Ps 51:11*.

3. blot out = exterminate, ‎כלהֿיקוֺם‎ all existing things Gen 7:23 (J) and mankind, ‎מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה‎ Gen 6:7; Gen 7:4 (J); ‎מֹחוֺת מְלָכִין‎ Prov 31:3 (with the text-change, see above) = destroyers of kings (i.e. impure women), but expression strange and dubious.

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎נִמְחוּ‎ Ezek 6:6 Imperfect ‎יִמָּחֶה‎ Deut 25:6; Judg 21:17 ‎יִמַּח‎ Ps 109:13 3 feminine singular ‎תִּמָּ֑ח‎ Ps 109:14 + 4 t. Imperfect; —

1. be wiped out ‎מִסֵּפֶר חַיִּים‎ Ps 69:29*.

2. be blotted out, ‎מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל‎ of a name Deut 25:6, a tribe Judg 21:17 name (|| posterity) Ps 109:13 from memory, of sins Neh 3:37*; Ps 109:14 reproach, Prov 6:33.

3. be exterminated, ‎מִןהָֿאָרֶץ‎ Gen 7:23 (J); of idolatrous works of Israel Ezek 6:6. Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תֶּ֫מַח‎ Neh 13:14 ‎תֶּ֑מְחִי‎ Jer 18:23 (but tone suggests ‎תֶּ֫מַח‎ compare Ges<sup>«GKC:75»§ 75</sup>. R. 17; Gie reads Qal and doubts Hiph`il altogether); Infinitive ‎לַמְחוֺת‎ Prov 31:3 ( = ‎לְהַמְחוֺת‎ but see Qal 3); — blot out, from the memory; pious acts Neh 13:14 sins Jer 18:23.

II. ‎מָחָה‎ verb strike (Aramaic ‎מְחָא‎ (II), ; according to L Gei^{Urspr. d. spr. 416} Lag^{Semitic i. 26, BN 142} Nö^{ZMG xxxii, 1878, 409 weakend} from = , Hebrew ‎מָחַץ‎ q. v. compare Dr^{§ 178 n}.; Assyrian ma—û = crush, oppress, according to Dl^{HWB 396}); — Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive, ‎וּמָחָה‎ ‎׳‎‎עַלכֶּֿתֶף וגו‎ Num 34:11 (P) and the border shall strike upon (reach unto) the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth ( > Di and others derive from I. ‎מָחָה‎ rub along by, brush past, skirt).

III. ‎מָחָה‎ verb denominative only Pu`al Participle ‎מְמֻחָיִם‎ (Ges^{«GKC:75»§ 75}. R.13) in phrase ‎׳‎‎שְׁמָנִים מ‎ Isa 25:6 fat pieces full of marrow. ‎מְחִי‎ see II. ‎מחה‎.

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