מְחִתָּה
mᵉchittâh · mekh-it-taw'
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2846 (חָתָה);
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
- properly, a dissolution
- concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְחִתָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- but destruction2 · 18%
- to ruin1 · 9%
- destruction1 · 9%
- the destruction1 · 9%
- shall have destruction1 · 9%
- is the destruction1 · 9%
- is his destruction1 · 9%
- and from terror1 · 9%
- be not a terror1 · 9%
- and a dismaying1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.