Lexicon
מַהֲמֹרָה
ma.ha.mo.rah
H4113
H:N-F Hebrew

flood

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ma.ha.mo.rah denotes destructive flooding imagery in the judgment against a violent man.

The sole attested plural occurrence places the term in a judgment saying against a violent man, where it conveys destructive flooding imagery.

Senses in use

  1. Destructive flooding in judgment · dominant

    In Psalm 140:11, the plural absolute form occurs in the saying that evil will hunt down the violent man to overthrow him. The APB renders the verse, “evil shall hunt down the man of violence to overthrow him,” but does not clearly isolate this term’s contribution.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 140:11, the APB presents the verse as evil hunting down and overthrowing a violent man; It does not clearly identify a separate English rendering for this term.

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