מָחַץmâchats
smite through, wound severely, shatter, (poetry)
Pronunciation: maw-khats' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4272
Meanings
Qal: smite through, shattering (Job 26:12; Judges 5:26; Job 5:18)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 24:8 God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox. He devours all the nations that oppose him, breaking their bones in pieces, shooting them with arrows.
- Numbers 24:17 I see him, but not here and now. I perceive him, but far in the distant future. A star will rise from Jacob; a scepter will emerge from Israel. It will crush the heads of Moab’s people, cracking the skulls of the people of Sheth.
- Deuteronomy 32:39 Look now; I myself am he! There is no other god but me! I am the one who kills and gives life; I am the one who wounds and heals; no one can be rescued from my powerful hand!
- Deuteronomy 33:11 Bless the ministry of the Levites, O Lord, and accept all the work of their hands. Hit their enemies where it hurts the most; strike down their foes so they never rise again.”
- Judges 5:26 Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head. With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples.
- 2 Samuel 22:39 I consumed them; I struck them down so they did not get up; they fell beneath my feet.
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).