מָחָה
ma.chah (H4229A)
to wipe
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The Hebrew word "ma.chah" (H4229A) is a verb that connotes the action of wiping. Its definition as "to wipe" indicates a range of physical actions, from gently removing a surface impurity to forcefully erasing a mark or stain. This action can be applied broadly across various situations in life, from personal hygiene (e.g., washing one's face) to cleaning and maintenance (e.g., wiping down a surface). The repeated occurrence of 34 instances in the Bible underscores its significance in the culture and daily life of the authors. The word "ma.chah" may hold subtle significance in certain contexts, such as the practice of wiping the feet before entering a home (e.g., Genesis 18:4), symbolizing respect and removing the impurities of the outside world before entering a sacred or inner space. However, without access to additional contextual information, its full range of implications and applications cannot be fully determined.
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Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”
Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.
“ ‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall wipe them into the water of bitterness.
Leave me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.”
It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.
Yahweh will not pardon him, but then Yahweh’s anger and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book will fall on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.
They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
Yahweh didn’t say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
“So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
In all your dwelling places, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.