מְחָא
me.ach
“to smite”
Definition
to strike in pieces; also to arrest; specifically to impale
(Aramaic) corresponding to H4222 (מָחָא);
- to strike, smite, kill 1a) (P'al) to strike 1b) (Pael) to hinder 1c) (Ithp'al) to allow to be stricken
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
מְחָא appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
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