Lexicon
טֵאטֵא
tu
H2894
H:V Hebrew

to sweep

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tu describes sweeping a place away in a declared act of destruction.

The single attested use depicts the sweeping away of a place as part of its devastation in Isaiah 14:23.

Senses in use

  1. sweeping away in devastation · dominant

    In Isaiah 14:23, the sequential perfect first-common-singular form occurs in the declaration that the place will become a porcupine possession and pools of water; the APB renders the clause, “and I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 14:23, the APB presents the action as “I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction.” The verse is read as a whole, but the clause supports a destructive sweeping-away action.

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