משחית
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| שׁ־ח־ת (sh-kh-t) |
| 5 terms |
From the active participle of הִשְׁחִית (hishkhít, “to destroy, to corrupt”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /maʃ.ˈχit/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /maʃ.ˈħiːθ/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /maʃ.ˈħiːtʰ/, [maʃ.ˈħiːθ]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /mæʃ.ˈhit/
Noun
מַשְׁחִית • (mashkhít) m
- ruin, destruction
- (especially moral) corruption
- ruiner, destroyer
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מַשְׁחִית | first | מַשְׁחִיתִי | מַשְׁחִיתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַמַּשְׁחִית | second | מַשְׁחִיתְךָ | מַשְׁחִיתֵךְ | מַשְׁחִיתְכֶם | מַשְׁחִיתְכֶן | |
| construct | מַשְׁחִית־ | third | מַשְׁחִיתוֹ | מַשְׁחִיתָהּ | מַשְׁחִיתָם | מַשְׁחִיתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | מַשְׁחִיתִים | first | משחיתיי / מַשְׁחִיתַי | מַשְׁחִיתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַמַּשְׁחִיתִים | second | מַשְׁחִיתֶיךָ | משחיתייך / מַשְׁחִיתַיִךְ | מַשְׁחִיתֵיכֶם | מַשְׁחִיתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | מַשְׁחִיתֵי־ | third | מַשְׁחִיתָיו | מַשְׁחִיתֶיהָ | מַשְׁחִיתֵיהֶם | מַשְׁחִיתֵיהֶן | |
Noun
מַשְׁחִית • (mashkhít) m (feminine counterpart מַשְׁחִיתָה)
Declension
See above.
Proper noun
מַשְׁחִית • (mashkhít) m
- ellipsis of מַלְאָךְ הַמַּשְׁחִית (mal'ákh hamashkhít, “the Destroying angel”)
References
- H4889 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- "משחית" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language