מָחָה S 4229 TWOT 1178, 1179, 1181c GK 4674, 4681, 4682, 4683 vb. wipe, wipe out ( NH
id.; Arabic مَحَا ( maḥā ), efface, erase, cancel, obliterate; Aramaic מְחָא ( I), cf. Ph. למחת according to stroke = exactly Hoffm Ph. Inschr ., Abh. GGW. xxxvi. May 1889, 9 ) .— Qal Pf. 3 ms. מָחָה Nu 5:23 + 3 times 3 fs. מָֽחֲתָה Pr 30:20 + 4 times Pf. ; Impf. יִמְחֶה 2 K 21:13 ; וַיִּמַח (Baer; var. וַיִּמַּח ) Gn 7:23 ; 1 s. sf. אֶמְחֶנּוּ Ex 32:3 3; + 4 times Impf. ; Imv. מְחֵה ψ 51:3 , 11 ; sf. מְחֵנִי Ex 32:3 2; Inf. abs. מָחֹה Ex 17:14 ; cstr. לִמְחֹות 2 K 14:2 7; Pt. מֹחֶה Is 43:2 5; fpl. (לְ)מֹחֹות Pr 31:3 ( Ges Fl Nö De Str for MT לַמְחֹות );— 1. wipe , the mouth Pr 30:20 ; tears from ( מעל ) the face Is 25:8 ; written curse, into the water ( אל־מים ) for drinking Nu 5:23 ( P ); Moses’ name from the book ( מספר ) of God Ex 32:32 , 33 ( J ); יְרוּשָׁלַם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְחֶה אֶת־הַצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ עַל־פָּנֶיהָ וּמָחִיתִי אֶת־ 2 K 21:13 and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipeth a dish,—he doth wipe and turn it (but read prob. מָחֹה וְהָפֹךְ ) upside down. 2. blot out = obliterate from the memory, מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם from under heaven e.g. the name Dt 9:14 ; 29:19 2 K 14:27 ; the remembrance Ex 17:14 (×2) ( J ), Dt 25:19 ; the name for ever ψ 9:6 ;
transgressions (
פשׁע
; no more remembered by God against sinner)
ψ 51:3
Is 43:2
5;
44:22
;
עָון
ψ 51:11
.
3.
blot out
=
exterminate
,
כל־היקום
all existing things
Gn 7:23
(
J
) and mankind,
מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה
Gn 6:
7;
7:4
(
J
);
מֹחֹות מְלָכִין
Pr 31:3
(with the text-change,
v. supr
.)
=
destroyers of kings
(i.e. impure women), but expression strange and dubious.
Niph. Pf. 3 mpl. נִמְחוּ Ez 6: 6; Impf. יִמָּחֶה Dt 25:6 Ju 21:1 7; יִמַּח ψ 109:13 ; 3 fs. תִּמָּ˜ח ψ 109:14 ; + 4 times Impf. ;— 4. be wiped out מִסֵּפֶר חַיִּים ψ 69:29 . 5. be blotted out , מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל of a name Dt 25:6 , a tribe Ju 21:17 ; name ( || posterity) ψ 109:13 ; from memory, of sins Ne 3:37 ψ 109:14 ;
reproach, Pr 6:33 . 6. be exterminated , מִן־הָאָרֶץ Gn 7:23 ( J ); of idolatrous works of Israel Ez 6:6 .
Hiph. . Impf. 2 ms. תֶּ˜מַח Ne 13:1 4; תֶּ˜מְחִי Je 18:23 (but tone suggests תֶּ˜מַח cf. Ges § 75. R. 17 ; Gie reads Qal and doubts Hiph. altogether); Inf. לַמְחֹות Pr 31:3 ( = לְהַמְחֹות but see Qal 3 );— blot out , from the memory; pious acts Ne 13:14 ; sins Je 18:23 .
Inschr. Inschrift, Inschriften. var. variant reading.
Ges W. Gesenius. Fl H.L. Fleischer. Str H. L. Strack. Gie F. Giessebrecht.
• I.