שָׁחַקshâchaq

rub away, beat fine, pulverize

Pronunciation: shaw-khak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7833

Meanings

Qal: waters rub away stones (Job 14:19; Exodus 30:36)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 30:36 Grind some of the mixture into a very fine powder and put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant, where I will meet with you in the Tabernacle. You must treat this incense as most holy.
  • 2 Samuel 22:43 I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth; I trampled them in the gutter like dirt.
  • Job 14:19 as water wears away the stones and floods wash away the soil, so you destroy people’s hope.
  • Psalms 18:42 I ground them as fine as dust in the wind. I swept them into the gutter like dirt.

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).