Lexicon
מֵפִיץ
me.phits
H6327B
H:N-M Hebrew

scatterer

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me.phits denotes an active agent associated with emptying and ruining in Nahum 2:2.

The lone attestation presents me.phits as an active agent in the context of people who have emptied others and ruined their branches in Nahum 2:2.

Senses in use

  1. An agent of emptying and ruin · dominant

    In Nahum 2:2, the masculine singular active participle occurs in the clause about those who have emptied them and ruined their branches. The APB renders the surrounding statement, "because those who empty have emptied them and ruined their branches,".

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Nahum 2:2, the APB presents the surrounding action as people who "empty" and who have "ruined their branches." Its exact English correspondence to the Hebrew form remains uncertain.

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