mash.chit denotes ruin or destructive harm, whether as an inflicted outcome or in a destructive designation.

The attested uses chiefly concern ruin as the result intended, inflicted, or averted in acts of violence and judgment. A smaller group uses the noun in descriptions of a mountain or a set object characterized by destruction.

1. Ruin as an intended or inflicted outcome · dominant

   The singular absolute noun occurs where people are brought to an end or threatened with harm: in 2 Chronicles 20:23 the APB renders the conflict with Mount Seir as being brought “to destruction,” and in Exodus 12:13 it speaks of no plague “of destruction” among the marked houses. In Ezekiel 5:16 famine arrows are described as intended for destruction, while Ezekiel 9:6 places the killing command in the same destructive outcome; 2 Chronicles 22:4 and Daniel 10:8 likewise portray a person's ruin or loss of strength.

   2 Chronicles 20:232 Chronicles 22:4Daniel 10:8Exodus 12:13Ezekiel 5:16Ezekiel 9:6
2. Destructive designation or object · occasional

   In 2 Kings 23:13 the noun occurs in the designation “mount of destruction.” Jeremiah 51:25 addresses a mountain that destroys the whole earth, and Jeremiah 5:26 describes wicked people setting something by which they capture men; the APB's wording supports a destructive designation or means in these clauses, though it does not align each English term to the noun.

   2 Kings 23:13Jeremiah 51:25Jeremiah 5:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB uses expressions such as “to destruction,” “plague of destruction,” and “intended for destruction,” while also using destructive language for mountains and a set object. These variations show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English renderings of the noun.