Lexical Definition

‎מָחַץ‎ mâchats (maw-khats') to wound ^H:V
a primitive root

dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.

• to dash asunder
• by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge
• figuratively, to subdue or destroy

1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to shatter
1a2) shattering (participle)

See Greek: βάλλω · βάπτω · θραύω · κατάγνυμι · κατατοξεύω · παίω · πατάσσω · στρώννυμι · συνθλάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָחַץ‎ verb smite through, wound severely, shatter (poetry) (Assyrian ma—âƒu, smite, wound, Dl^{HWB 398}; Arabic churn; beat or agitate the milk, etc.; Sabean ‎מחֿץֿ‎ DHM^{ZXG xxx. 1876, 684; xxxvii. 1883, 338; Burgen u. Schlösser (SB. xcvii. 1881), 965} (of stone-cutter's work), Hom^{Chrestom. 127}; Ethiopic ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Job 26:12 + 3 t.; ‎וּ˜מחֲצָה‎ Judg 5:26 etc.; Imperfect ‎יִמְחַץ‎ Job 5:18; Ps 68:22* 1 singular suffix ‎אֶמְחָצֵם‎ Ps 18:39* ‎׳‎‎וָא‎ 2Sam 22:39 — smite through, followed by ‎ראֹשׁוֺ‎, of Jael, Judg 5:26 (|| ‎הָלַם‎, ‎מָחַק‎, ‎חָלַף‎); of Israel, shattering enemies, ‎׳‎‎חִצָּיו יִמ‎ Num 24:8 (object omitted; || ‎עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם‎) compare vNum 24:17 (object ‎ַ˜פּאֲתֵי מוֺאָב‎); compare Ps 18:39* = 2Sam 22:39 of ‎׳‎‎י‎,smiting through or shattering his foes, Ps 110:5 their heads vPs 110:6; Ps 68:22*; Hab 3:13, loins Deut 33:1 compare Job 26:12 object ‎רַהַב‎, q. v.; absolute, Deut 32:39 (opposed to ‎רָפָא‎; || clause ‎אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה‎) compare Job 5:18 (opposed to ‎רָפָא‎, || clause ‎יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ‎). For ‎תִּמְחַץ‎ ‎רגלך בְּדָם‎ Ps 68:24*, read ‎תִּרְחַץ‎ (Ps 58:11*), Ol Br Che Bae We.

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