מַהֲלֻמָּה
mahălummâh · H4112 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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beating
Action by which humans beat up other humans during a conflict
ExamplesProverbs 18:6 A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings.
Proverbs 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And beatings for the backs of fools.
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 2
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Near synonyms 2 words
- חַבּוּרָה chabbûwrâh · H2250 · wound, bruise
- חַבּוּרָה (ḥabbûrâ) denotes a bruise, welt, or stripe from a blow, very close in sense to מַהֲלֻמָּה. Both refer to the visible mark left by physical striking, though חַבּוּרָה may emphasize the discoloration/bruising aspect while מַהֲלֻמָּה emphasizes the stroke itself.
- פֶּצַע petsaʻ · H6482 · bruise, wound
- פֶּצַע (peṣaʿ) denotes a wound or bruise from a blow. It is closely related in meaning to מַהֲלֻמָּה as both refer to physical injury from striking, though פֶּצַע is more general for any wound while מַהֲלֻמָּה specifically denotes the stripe or mark from a beating.
In the other Testament 2 words
- μώλωψ mṓlōps · G3468 · wound
- Greek μώλωψ (mōlōps) is the standard LXX rendering for wounds/stripes from beating, directly corresponding to Hebrew מַהֲלֻמָּה in contexts of physical injury from striking. Both terms denote the visible mark left by a blow.
- πληγή plēgḗ · G4127 · to hit, to strike, to beat
- Greek πληγή (plēgē) commonly translates Hebrew terms for blows/stripes/wounds in the LXX. It denotes the impact or wound from a stroke, overlapping substantially with מַהֲלֻמָּה's sense of a stripe or wound from striking.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- מַהֲלֻמָּה denotes a stripe or stroke, as reflected in its gloss 'stripe, stroke' used of blows inflicted in judgment or punishment (e.g. Proverbs 18:6's "his mouth calls for blows"), tying the word to a forceful physical impact.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4112. mahalummoth מַהֲלֻמֿוֺת noun feminine plural strokes, blows (compare Phoenician…
מַהֲלֻמֿוֺת noun feminine plural strokes, blows (compare Phoenician מהלם stroke, stamp, impression, once on a coin אגדר מהלם coinage of Gader (Gades), = percussura, κόμμα, GesMon.pl.40,xiv. c also p. 307) — Pro 18:6 (compare Baer) Pro 19:29, both times of blows on the body.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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