{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4229",
  "lemma": "מָחָה",
  "transliteration": "mâchâh",
  "definition": "properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to",
  "kjv": "abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe…",
  "occurrences": 36,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מָחָה vb. denom. only Pu. Pt. in Is 25:6 fat pieces full of marrow",
    "מָחָה vb",
    "מָחָה vb. wipe, wipe out",
    "Qal",
    "1. wipe",
    "2. blot out = obliterate from the memory",
    "3. blot out = exterminate",
    "Niph.",
    "1. be wiped out",
    "2. be blotted out",
    "3. be exterminated",
    "Hiph. blot out, from the memory",
    "מָחָה vb",
    "מָחָה vb. strike;—Nu 34:11 (P)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 6:7",
      "text": "The LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 7:4",
      "text": "In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/7?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 7:23",
      "text": "Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/7?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 17:14",
      "text": "The LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/17?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 32:32",
      "text": "Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/32?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 32:33",
      "text": "The LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/32?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 5:23",
      "text": "“‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall wipe them into the water of bitterness.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/5?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 34:11",
      "text": "The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border shall go down, and shall reach to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/34?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 9:14",
      "text": "Leave me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/9?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 25:6",
      "text": "It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=6"
    }
  ],
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