[
שָׁחַת]
151 verb go to ruin (?), only derived species (Late Hebrew Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew, Ecclus.
שחיתה Ecclesiasticus 30:11
corrupt act; Arabic
سَعَتَ extirpate; Ethiopic
ለሐጠ፡ injure, violate; Tel Amarna
šaḫâtu is
fall (especially of city),
be prostrate (? of land), perhaps Canaanism (see Wkl
TelAm. Vocab.), Assyrian possibly
šêtu,
flee, escape (compare
אבד); Old Aramaic (Zinjirli)
שחת destroy Lzb
374, Aramaic
H7844 שְׁחַת,
jeofw (assimilation of
t),
multilate; — very improbable Gerber
179denominative from
שַׁחַת); —
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Niph. be marred, spoiled, Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁחַת, of waistcloth
Jeremiah 13:7, vessel
Jeremiah 18:4;
be injured, or even (hyperb.)
ruined, Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּשָּׁחֵת Exodus 8:20 (J) of land (
הֶעָרֹב מִפְּנֵי);
be corrupted, corrupt, in mnorals and rel., of earth,
Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִשְׁחָ֑תָה Genesis 6:12 (P),
Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular לִפְנֵי הָא׳ וַתִּשּׁ׳ Genesis 6:11 (P); so
Participle feminine plural as adjective
נִשְׁחָתוֺת Ezekiel 20:44.
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Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁחֵת Exodus 32:7 +, suffix
שִׁחֶתְךָ Hosea 13:9;
2nd person masculine singular שִׁחַתָּ Isaiah 14:20 +, etc.;
Imperative masculine plural
שַׁחֵ֑תוּ Jeremiah 5:10;
Infinitive construct שַׁחֵת Genesis 13:10 +, etc.; —
1. spoil, ruin, accusative of eye
Exodus 21:26 (E), vineyard
Jeremiah 12:10 (figurative), branches
Nahum 2:3 (figurative), also =
destroy, accusative of person
2 Samuel 1:14;
2 Samuel 14:11 (accusative omitted),
Ezekiel 5:16;
Ezekiel 20:17,
כָּל־בָשָׂר Genesis 6:17;
Genesis 9:15 (P), city, fortress, etc.,
Genesis 13:10;
Genesis 19:13,
29 (all J),
2 Samuel 24:16;
Jeremiah 5:10 (accusative omitted),
Jeremiah 48:18;
Ezekiel 26:4;
Ezekiel 43:3;
Lamentations 2:5,
ruin temple
Lamentations 2:6, nation
Hosea 11:9;
Hosea 13:9 (read perhaps
שִׁחַתִּךָ Oort Now), land
2 Kings 19:12 (Hiph. in ||
Isaiah 37:12),
Judges 6:5;
Joshua 22:33 (P),
Ezekiel 22:30;
Ezekiel 30:11, earth
Genesis 9:11 (P); with
ל object (
ל 3b), city
1 Samuel 23:10, person
Numbers 32:15 (P); with accusative
רַחֲמָיו Amos 1:11,
destroyed (stifled)
his compassion (or, RS
K 28 and others,
the bonds of kinship, see
רַחֲמִים),
בְּרִית Malachi 2:8, i.e. violate it, see especially
אַרְצָה וְשׁ׳ (that is,
semen)
Genesis 38:9 (J)
he spoiled (it)
upon the ground, made it ineffective, =
waste words
Proverbs 23:8.
Hiph. 103 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁחִית Genesis 6:12 +;
1st person singular וְהִשְׁחַתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:20, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁחִית Daniel 8:24 +,
יַשְׁחִת Malachi 3:11 +,
וַיַּשְׁחֵת 1 Chronicles 20:1;
2nd person feminine singular וַתַּשְׁחִתִי Ezekiel 16:47,
2nd person masculine plural תַּשְׁחִתוּן Deuteronomy 4:16;
Deuteronomy 31:29;
Imperative masculine singular suffix
הַשְׁחִיתָהּ 2 Kings 18:25 =
Isaiah 36:10;
Infinitive absolute הַשְׁחֵת Deuteronomy 31:29; construct
הַשְׁחִית 1 Samuel 26:15 +, etc.;
Participle מַשְׁחִית Genesis 19:14 +, etc.; —
1. spoil, ruin, accusative crop
Judges 6:4;
Malachi 3:11, trees
Deuteronomy 20:19,
20;
Jeremiah 11:19 (figurative), vessels
2 Chronicles 36:19, houses
2 Chronicles 34:11, palaces
Jeremiah 6:5 compare
Isaiah 65:8;
Leviticus 19:27 (H),
Ruth 4:6;
דַּיָּם הִשׁ׳ Jeremiah 49:9 thieves
damage as much as they want; accusative of person =
ruin, destroy,
1 Samuel 26:9,
15;
Judges 20:21,
25 (+
אַ֫רְצָה),
Judges 20:35;
Judges 20:42;
2 Kings 13:23;
2 Chronicles 24:23 (+
מִן separ.), +
12 times, + (accusative of person omitted)
Isaiah 51:13 +
4 times, accusative
בֵּית דָּוִד 2 Chronicles 21:7, absolute
Isaiah 11:9 =
Isaiah 65:25; also
ruin one (by words)
Proverbs 11:9; accusative
עַם 2 Samuel 24:16;
Deuteronomy 9:26; land
1 Samuel 6:5;
Jeremiah 36:29;
Daniel 11:17 (see Dr); city wall
2 Samuel 20:15 (Ew Th here denominative from
שַׁחַת they were making a pit; <
We (?) Klo Dr Bu HPS Now
מְחַשְּׁבִים were devising),
Lamentations 2:8, cities and nations
Genesis 18:28 (twice in verse) (J, accusative omitted),
Genesis 19:13,
14 (J),
Isaiah 37:12 (Pi. in ||
2 Kings 19:12), 2Ki 36:10 (twice in verse) =
2 Kings 18:25 (twice in verse) +
11 times + (Israel personified)
Deuteronomy 4:31;
Deuteronomy 10:10;
2 Kings 8:19, pride of Judah
Jeremiah 13:9, earth
Jeremiah 51:1; absolute with adverb accusative
Daniel 8:24 (see Dr; Bev conjecture
יְשׂחֵחַ or
יָשִׂיחַ utter monstrous things), compare
1 Chronicles 21:12; Participle as adjective, of lion
Jeremiah 2:30, angel
1 Chronicles 21:15; =
destroyer Exodus 12:23 (J),
Jeremiah 22:7;
Isaiah 54:16,
גּוֺיִם מ׳ Jeremiah 4:7,
רוּחַ מ׳ Jeremiah 51:1; singular collective (
הַמּ׳ Ges
§ 126 l;
the destroying band, compare Dr Bu Now)
1 Samuel 13:17;
1 Samuel 14:15 (
spoilers, ravagers); figurative for snare, trap,
Jeremiah 5:26.
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Hoph. Participle מָשְׁחָת spoiled, ruined, of a spring,
מָקוֺר Proverbs 25:26 (||
נִרְפָּשׂ מַעְיָן); as substantive
Malachi 1:14 sacrificing a
spoiled thing.
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