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Strong's #4288 - מְחִתָּה
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
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- destruction, ruin, terror, a breaking
- terror, dismay, object of terror
- ruin
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1183) th (ההת HhT) AC: Break CO: ? AB: F |kjv: dread, broken, fear, dismayed - Strongs: H2844 (חַת)
Nf1 ) eth (ההתה HhTH) - F |kjv: terror - Strongs: H2847 (חִתָּה)
af1 ) ethm (מההתה MHhTH) - Firepan: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (22): censer, firepan, snuffdish - Strongs: H4289 (מַחְתָּה)
lm) thth (ההתההת HhTHhT) - F |kjv: fear - Strongs: H2849 (חַתְחַת)
B) tth (ההתת HhTT) AC: Break CO: ? AB: Fear
V) tth (ההתת HhTT) - Break: To broken in fear or terror. KJV (54): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) dismayed, afraid, break in pieces, broken, break down, abolish, amazed, confound, discouraged, beat down, scarest, terrify - Strongs: H2865 (חָתַת)
Nm) tth (ההתת HhTT) - Breaking: KJV (1): cast down - Strongs: H2866 (חֲתַת)
bf) tith (ההתית HhTYT) - F |kjv: terror - Strongs: H2851 (חִתִּית)
H) eth (ההתה HhTH) AC: Seize CO: ? AB: ?: To break down causing a great fear.
V) eth (ההתה HhTH) - Seize: KJV (4): (vf: Paal) take, heap - Strongs: H2846 (חָתָה)
M) tih (ההית HhYT) AC: ? CO: Ruin AB: ?: Something that is broken into pieces.
kf1) etihm (מההיתה MHhYTH) - Ruin: KJV (11): destruction, terror, ruin, dismay - Strongs: H4288 (מְחִתָּה)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1. a. terror, Isaiah 54:14 ("" עשֶׁק), Jeremiah 17:17; = object of terror, Jeremiah 48:39 ("" שְׂחֹק).
b. dismay, Proverbs 21:15 (opposed to שִׂמְחָה).
2 ruin, of strongholds Psalm 89:41; רָזוֺן׳בְּאֶפֶס לְאֹם מ Proverbs 14:28 without people is ruin to a prince (opposed to הַדְרַתמֶֿלֶךְ); דַּלִּים׳מ רֵישָׁם Proverbs 10:15 the ruin of the poor (is) their poverty; as consequence of evil-doing לְפֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן׳מ Proverbs 10:29 (opposed to מָעוֺז); of fools לֿוֺ׳מִּי כְסִיל מ Proverbs 18:7, compare Proverbs 13:3 (opposed to שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֺ); קְרֹבָה׳מִּי אֱוִיל מ Proverbs 10:14 the mouth of a fool is imminent ruin.
חֵת, חִתִּי see above
מְחִתָּה f. (from the root חָתַת), properly a breaking; hence
(1) destruction, ruin, Proverbs 10:14, 29 Proverbs 10:29, 13:3 18:7 Jeremiah 17:17; Psalms 89:41.
(2) consternation, alarm, Proverbs 10:15 (see the root No. 2); terror, Proverbs 21:15; Isaiah 54:14.