Hebrew verb · H4222
מָחָא
machamaw-khaw'
to clap
3 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâchâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4222is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4222
to rub or strike the hands together (in exultation)
The King James renders it: clap.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
macha is rendered "to clap". It stands 3 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 98:8Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
Psalms 98:8יִמְחֲאוּ־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- clapping you1
- let them clap1
- they will clap1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יִמְחֲאוּ־2
- מַחְאֲךָ֣1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqcc/Sp2ms
Psalms
one use
Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
- יִמְחֲאוּ־yimchau-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them clap
Isaiah
one use
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- יִמְחֲאוּ־yimchau-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will clap
Ezekiel
one use
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
- מַחְאֲךָ֣machakhaverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: clapping you
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.