Lexical Definition

‎מַכָּה‎ makkâh (mak-kaw') wound ^H:N-F
or (masculine) מַכֶּה makkeh (muk-keh'); (plural only) from ‎נָכָה‎; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication,

beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).

• a wound
• figuratively, carnage, also pestilence

1) blow, wound, slaughter
1a) blow, stripe
1b) beating, scourging
1c) wound
1d) slaughter
1e) defeat, conquest
1f) plague

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַכָּה‎ noun feminine blow, wound, slaughter; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Sam 4:8 +; construct ‎מַכַּת‎ Isa 10:26 +; suffix ‎מַכָּתִי‎ Jer 10:19; Jer 15:18, etc.; **plural ‎מַכִּי֥֥‎ 2Kgs 8:29 = 2Kgs 9:15 = 2Chr 22:6 ‎מַכּוֺת‎ absolute Zech 13:6 +, construct,' etc.; plural ‎מַכּוֺת‎ absolute 2Kgs 8:29 +; construct Deut 29:21* +; suffix ‎מַכֹּתְךָ‎ Deut 28:59, ‎מַכּוֺתַיִךְ‎ Jer 30:17, etc.; —

1. a. blow, stripe, literally of scourging, chastising Deut 25:3; Prov 20:30 (|| ‎חַבֻּרוֺת פֶּצַע‎); ‎מַכַּת חֶרֶב‎ Esth 9:5 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb).
b. beating, scourging, figurative of defeat of Midian Isa 10:26 (|| ‎עוֺרֵר שׁוֺט‎).
c. often wound 1Kgs 22:35; 2Kgs 8:29; 2Kgs 9:15 = 2Chr 22:6 (read ‎׳‎‎מִןהַֿמּ‎), Zech 13:6 (‎בֵּין יָדֶיךָ‎); symbolic of violence Jer 6:7 (+ ‎חֳלִי‎); ‎פֶּצַע וְחַבּוּרָה וּמַכָּה טְרִיָּה‎ Isa 1:6 (of Judah, under figure of maltreated man), compare Mic 1:9 ‎אֲנוּשָׁה‎‎׳‎‎מ‎), Nah 3:19 (|| ‎שֶׁבֶר‎; of Nineveh), especially in Jeremiah (of Judah): Jer 10:19; Jer 14:17; Jer 30:12 (all + ‎נַחֲלָה‎ severe; || ‎שֶׁבֶר‎), Jer 15:18 (‎אֲנוּשָׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎), Jer 19:8; Jer 47:17; Jer 50:13, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Jer 30:14, with verb ‎רָפָא‎ heal vJer 30:17 also ‎׳‎‎מַחַץ מ‎ Isa 30:26 (|| ‎שֶׁבֶר‎); of wounds made by ‎׳‎‎י‎'s arrows Ps 64:8*.

2. = slaughter 1Sam 4:10; 1Sam 14:30, usually as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ‎הִכָּה‎ Josh 10:20; 1Sam 6:19; 1Sam 14:14; 1Sam 19:8; 1Sam 23:5; 1Kgs 20:21; 2Chr 13:17.

3. = defeat, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ‎הִכָּה‎ Josh 10:10; Josh 11:33; Josh 15:8; 2Chr 28:5 = conquest (of ‎׳‎‎י‎) Isa 14:6.

4. plague, especially disease, as punishment (of ‎׳‎‎י‎), 1Sam 4:8; Deut 28:59 (3 t. in verse) (|| ‎חֳלִי‎), vDeut 28:61 (|| id.), Deut 29:21* (|| ‎תַּחֲלֻאִים‎), Lev 26:21 (H), as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Num 11:33. — ‎מַכּוֺת‎ 2Chr 2:9* read ‎מַכֹּלֶת‎ (see ‎אכל‎) as || 1Kgs 5:25*, so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Be Öttli and Th^{1Kgs 5:25*}.

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