dip, pierce through, smite through, strike through, wound
A primitive root; to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy -- dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
מָחַץverbsmite through, wound severely, shatter (poetry) (Assyrian
ma—âƒu,
smite, wound, Dl
HWB 398; Arabic
churn; beat or agitate the milk, etc.; Sabean
מחֿץֿ DHM
ZXG xxx. 1876, 684; xxxvii. 1883, 338; Burgen u. Schlösser (SB. xcvii. 1881), 965 (of stone-cutter's work), Hom
Chrestom. 127; Ethiopic
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QalPerfect3masculine singular ׳מJob 26:12 3t.; וּמחֲצָהJudges 5:26 etc.; ImperfectיִמְחַץJob 5:18; Psalm 68:22; 1singular suffix אֶמְחָצֵםPsalm 18:39; ׳וָא2 Samuel 22:39; — smite through, followed by ראֹשׁוֺ, of Jael, Judges 5:26 ("" הָלַם, מָחַק, חָלַף); of Israel, shattering enemies, ׳חִצָּיו יִמNumbers 24:8 (object omitted; "" עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם) compare Numbers 24:17 (object ַמּאֲתֵי מוֺאָב); compare Psalm 18:39=2 Samuel 22:39; of ׳י,smiting through or shattering his foes, Psalm 110:5; their heads Psalm 110:6; Psalm 68:22; Habakkuk 3:13, loins Deuteronomy 33:1; compare Job 26:12 object רַהַב, q. v.; absolute, Deuteronomy 32:39 (opposed to רָפָא; "" clause אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה) compare Job 5:18 (opposed to רָפָא, "" clause יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ). For תִּמְחַץרגלך בְּדָםPsalm 68:24, read תִּרְחַץ (Psalm 58:11), Ol Br Che Bae We.
Strong's Hebrew: 4272. מָחַץ (machats) — 14 Occurrences
Numbers 24:8
HEB:יְגָרֵ֖ם וְחִצָּ֥יו יִמְחָֽץ׃
NAS: their bones in pieces, And shatter [them] with his arrows.
KJV: their bones, and pierce [them] through with his arrows.
INT: and will crush his arrows and shatter
Numbers 24:17
HEB:שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב
NAS: from Israel, And shall crush through the forehead
KJV: out of Israel, and shall smite the corners
INT: A scepter Israel and shall crush the forehead of Moab
Deuteronomy 32:39
HEB:אָמִ֣ית וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה מָחַ֙צְתִּי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶרְפָּ֔א
NAS: and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal,
KJV: and I make alive; I wound, and I heal:
INT: put and give have wounded I heal
Deuteronomy 33:11
HEB:יָדָ֖יו תִּרְצֶ֑ה מְחַ֨ץ מָתְנַ֧יִם קָמָ֛יו
NAS: of his hands; Shatter the loins
KJV: of his hands: smite through the loins
INT: of his hands and accept Shatter the loins rise
Judges 5:26
HEB:מָחֲקָ֣ה רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וּמָחֲצָ֥ה וְחָלְפָ֖ה רַקָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: his head; And she shattered and pierced
KJV: his head, when she had pierced and stricken through
INT: smashed his head shattered and pierced his temple
2 Samuel 22:39
HEB: וָאֲכַלֵּ֥ם וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יְקוּמ֑וּן
NAS: And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;
KJV: And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise:
INT: burn up and shattered did not rise
Job 5:18
HEB:יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ [וְיָדֹו כ]
NAS: and gives relief; He wounds, and His hands
KJV: and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands
INT: inflicts and gives wounds able heal
Job 26:12
HEB:(וּ֝בִתְבוּנָתֹ֗ו ק) מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃
NAS: And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
KJV: and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
INT: the sea fruit shattered Rahab
Psalm 18:38
HEB: אֶ֭מְחָצֵם וְלֹא־ יֻ֣כְלוּ
NAS:I shattered them, so that they were not able
KJV:I have wounded them that they were not able
INT:shattered were not able
Psalm 68:21
HEB:אַךְ־ אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִמְחַץ֮ רֹ֤אשׁ אֹ֫יְבָ֥יו
NAS: God will shatter the head
KJV: But God shall wound the head
INT: Surely God will shatter the head of his enemies
Psalm 68:23
HEB: לְמַ֤עַן ׀ תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ רַגְלְךָ֗ בְּ֫דָ֥ם
NAS: That your foot may shatter [them] in blood,
KJV: That thy foot may be dipped in the blood
INT: because of may shatter your foot blood
Psalm 110:5
HEB:עַל־ יְמִֽינְךָ֑ מָחַ֖ץ בְּיוֹם־ אַפּ֣וֹ
NAS: is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings
KJV: at thy right hand shall strike through kings
INT: is at your right will shatter the day of his wrath
Psalm 110:6
HEB:מָלֵ֣א גְוִיּ֑וֹת מָ֥חַץ רֹ֝֗אשׁ עַל־
NAS: [them] with corpses, He will shatter the chief men
KJV: [the places] with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads
INT: will fill corpses will shatter the chief over
Habakkuk 3:13
HEB:אֶת־ מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ מָחַ֤צְתָּ רֹּאשׁ֙ מִבֵּ֣ית
NAS: of Your anointed. You struck the head
KJV: with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head
INT: the salvation of your anointed struck the head of the house
churn; beat or agitate the milk, etc.; Sabean מחֿץֿ DHMZXG xxx. 1876, 684; xxxvii. 1883, 338; Burgen u. Schlösser (SB. xcvii. 1881), 965 (of stone-cutter's work), HomChrestom. 127; Ethiopic 
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