Hebrew word · H7833

שָׁחַק

veshachakta

to beat

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

1) to rub away, beat fine, pulverise

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to rub away

1a1a) of incense, stones

1a1b) of enemies (fig)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Exodus · 1

  1. Exodus 30:36 וְשָֽׁחַקְתָּ֣ and you will beat fine

    Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 22:43 וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם and I beat fine them

    I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

Job · 1

  1. Job 14:19 שָׁ֥חֲקוּ they rub away

    as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

Psalms · 1

  1. Psalm 18:42 וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵ֗ם and I crushed them

    I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

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