סָחָה
sa.chah
H5500
H:V
Hebrew
to scrape
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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language
sa.chah describes removing dust from a ruined place until it is left as bare rock.
The attested use describes the removal of dust from Tyre so that the site is made a bare rock in Ezekiel 26:4.
Senses in use
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Removing dust from a ruined site · dominant
In Ezekiel 26:4, the Piel sequential perfect first-person singular form occurs in the declaration that follows the destruction of Tyre's walls and towers. The APB renders the clause, “I will scrape its dust from it and make it a bare rock.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 26:4, the APB presents the action as “I will scrape its dust from it”; This identifies the clause's overall presentation rather than a precise word-for-word rendering.