שִׁחֵ֖ת
𐤔𐤇𐤕
shichet
he has destroyed
a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
Lamentations 2:5 · Word #9
Lexicon H7843
| Lemma | שָׁחַת |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤔𐤇𐤕 |
| Transliteration | shâchath |
| Strong's | H7843 |
| In-context | he has destroyed |
Morphology HVpp3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | p — Perfect — Completed action |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
SIBI-P1 H7843-36
he has brought to ruin
| Morphological Notes | Piel stem (intensive/causative nuance), perfect aspect, 3rd person masculine singular. The Piel often expresses active corruption or deliberate destruction rather than passive decay. |
| Rendering Rationale | The verb is Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular, indicating an intensive or causative action completed by "he." "He has brought to ruin" preserves the root sense of causing decay or corruption while clearly reflecting the masculine singular subject and completed aspect. |
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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root שחת (decay, ruin, corruption, destruction, spoilage)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H7843-01 |
ashechit | I will bring to ruin |
H7843-02 |
ashechitem | I will bring them to ruin |
H7843-03 |
beshachet | in bringing-to-ruin |
Word Usage (147 occurrences of H7843)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 6:11 | וַ/תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת | vatishachet | was corrupt |
| Genesis 6:12 | נִשְׁחָ֑תָה | nishechatah | it was corrupt |
| Genesis 6:12 | הִשְׁחִ֧ית | hishechit | had corrupted |