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  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4288",
  "lemma": "מְחִתָּה",
  "transliteration": "mᵉchittâh",
  "definition": "properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation",
  "kjv": "destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.",
  "occurrences": 11,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2846",
      "lemma": "חָתָה",
      "transliteration": "châthâh",
      "meaning": "to lay hold of",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2846"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מְחִתָּה n.f. terror, destruction, ruin"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 54:14",
      "text": "You will be established in righteousness. You will be far from oppression, for you will not be afraid, and far from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/54?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 17:17",
      "text": "Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/17?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 48:39",
      "text": "“How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned the back with shame! So will Moab become a derision and a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/48?v=39"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 89:41",
      "text": "You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/89?v=41"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 10:14",
      "text": "Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 10:15",
      "text": "The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 10:29",
      "text": "The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 13:3",
      "text": "He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/13?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 14:28",
      "text": "In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/14?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 18:7",
      "text": "A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/18?v=7"
    }
  ],
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