Lexical Definition

‎שְׁחִית‎ shᵉchîyth (shekh-eeth') pit ^H:N-F
from ‎שָׁחָה‎

destruction, pit.

• a pit-fall (literally or figuratively)

1) pit

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שְׁחִית‎] noun feminine id.; — plural suffix ‎נִלְכַּד בִּשְׁתִיתוֺתָם‎ Lam 4:20, ‎׳‎‎וִימַלֵּט מִשּׁ‎ Ps 107:20. ‎שׁחוֺר‎ see ‎שִׁיחוֺר‎. ‎שְׁחוֺר‎ see I. ‎שׁחר‎.

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