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# מָחָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4222

**strike** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

strike [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4222/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָחָא: vb. strike clap [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4222/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. strike, only = clap (the hand) (Aramaic form of II. מָחָה q.v.);— Impf. 3 mpl. only fig., of joy of inanimate things before י׳: נְהָרוֹת יִמְחֲאוּ־כָ֑ף ψ 98:8; וְכָל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה יִמְחֲאוּ־כָֽף ׃ Is 55:12.— Inf. cstr. sf. id., of exultation over foe יַעַן מַחְאֲךָ יָד Ez 25:6 (‖ וְרַקְעֲךָ בְּרָ֑גֶל).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: clapped (1); let them clap (1); they will clap (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 98:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.98.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.98.8/#tree)

נְהָר֥וֹת יִמְחֲאוּ־כָ֑ף יַ֝֗חַד הָרִ֥ים יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* rivers let.them.clap a.palm together mountains let.them.sing.for.joy

*JPS 1917:* Let the floods clap their hands; let the mountains sing for joy together;

[Isaiah 55:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.12/#tree)

כִּֽי־בְשִׂמְחָ֣ה תֵצֵ֔אוּ וּבְשָׁל֖וֹם תּֽוּבָל֑וּן הֶהָרִ֣ים וְהַגְּבָע֗וֹת יִפְצְח֤וּ לִפְנֵיכֶם֙ רִנָּ֔ה וְכָל־עֲצֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה יִמְחֲאוּ־כָֽף׃

*Word for word:* (dm) in joy you.will.go.out and in peace you will.be.led the mountains and the hills they.will.break.forth before you a.shout.of.joy and all the.trees of the.field they.will.clap a.palm

*JPS 1917:* For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4222.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4222/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).