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שָׁחַת]
151 verb go to ruin (?), only derived species (Late Hebrew Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew, Ecclus. 
שחיתה Ecclesiasticus 30:11 
corrupt act; Arabic 
سَحَتَ 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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