מָחָהmâchâh

מָחָה: wipe, wipe out

Pronunciation: maw-khaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4229

Meanings

Qal: Pf; Imperfect, construct (Numbers 5:23; Proverbs 30:20; 2 Kings 21:13)

1. wipe (Proverbs 30:20; Isaiah 25:8; Numbers 5:23)

2. blot out, = obliterate (Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 29:19; 2 Kings 14:27)

3. blot out, = exterminate (Genesis 7:23; Genesis 6:7; Genesis 7:4)

Niph`al

1. be wiped out (Psalms 69:29)

2. be blotted out (Deuteronomy 25:6; Judges 21:17; Psalms 109:13)

3. be exterminated (Genesis 7:23; Ezekiel 6:6)

Hiph`il: blot out (Nehemiah 13:14; Jeremiah 18:23; Proverbs 31:3)

מָחָה: strike (Numbers 34:11)

מָחָה: Pu`al: full of marrow (Isaiah 25:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 36 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 6:7 And the Lord said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.”
  • Genesis 7:4 Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”
  • Genesis 7:23 God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.
  • Exodus 17:14 After the victory, the Lord instructed Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a permanent reminder, and read it aloud to Joshua: I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
  • Exodus 32:32 But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, erase my name from the record you have written!”
  • Exodus 32:33 But the Lord replied to Moses, “No, I will erase the name of everyone who has sinned against me.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).