tsa.mat denotes bringing someone or something to an end, especially through the destruction of enemies or opponents.

The attested use most often concerns decisive action against enemies, evildoers, or other opponents, bringing them to an end. Other forms describe being destroyed or consumed, and one verse presents an enclosing pressure that has closed in completely.

1. Destroying opponents and evildoers · dominant

   Hiphil forms regularly place the action against hostile or guilty parties: in 2 Samuel 22:41 the first-person sequential imperfect follows the turning of enemies and the APB renders the clause "those who hated me I destroyed." Psalm 101:5, Psalm 101:8, Psalm 143:12, Psalm 73:27, and Psalm 94:23 likewise frame the action against a slanderer, the wicked, enemies, those unfaithful to God, or those repaid for wickedness.

   2 Samuel 22:41Psalm 101:5Psalm 101:8Psalm 143:12Psalm 73:27Psalm 94:23
2. Being destroyed or consumed · common

   In Job 23:17 the Niphal perfect is first person in a statement that the speaker is not destroyed before darkness. Job 6:17 uses a Niphal perfect plural where the APB describes things that "vanish" and are "consumed from their place," while Psalm 119:139 has a Piel perfect in the clause "My jealousy has consumed me."

   Job 23:17Job 6:17Psalm 119:139Lamentations 3:53
3. Closing in completely · rare

   Psalm 88:17 has a Pilpel perfect plural in a scene of sustained pressure: the APB renders that they "have surrounded me like water all day long" and "have closed in upon me altogether." The verse presents an enclosing action rather than naming a target destroyed outright.

   Psalm 88:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses "destroyed," "destroy," or "wipe them out" in clauses concerning enemies and wickedness. It also uses "vanish," "consumed," and "closed in" in other contexts; These renderings only indicate the verse-level presentation.