Lexicon / H4222
מָחָא
ma.ach
  • to clap
  • strike
  • clap

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to clap

1) to strike, clap (the hands)

1a) (Qal) to clap (of joy)

1b) (Piel) to clap (of exultation)

Aramaic equivalent: me.ach (מְחָא "to smite" H4223)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: strike; clap

Root √מחא: מָחָא vb strike clap Qal י׳ only fig. of joy of inanimate things before Pi . of exultation over foe . only =(the hand)

מָחָא vb strike clap Qal י׳ only fig. of joy of inanimate things before Pi . of exultation over foe . only =(the hand)