2865. chathath
Lexical Summary
chathath: to be shattered or dismayed
Original Word: חָתַת
Transliteration: chathath
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-thath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be shattered or dismayed
Meaning: to prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear
Strong's Concordance
abolish, affright, be make afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage

A primitive root; properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear -- abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2865. chathath

[חָתַת‎] verb be shattered, dismayed (Assyrian —attu, terror, DlHWB 296; Talmud חִתִּיתid.; Ethiopic is scrutari, examinare, see DiLex, 105) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular חַתJeremiah 50:2-3;feminine singular חַ֫תָּה14:4 2t., וָחָ֑תָּה48:1; 3plural חַ֫תּוּIsaiah 37:27 4t., וְחַתּ֫וּ‎ consecutive 20:5 2t., וָחָ֑תּוּ‎ consecutive Jeremiah 50:36; Imperfect (Köi. 366) יֵחַתIsaiah 7:8; 30:31, יֵחַ֑תJob 39:22, יֵחָ֑תIsaiah 31:4, אֵחַ֫תָּהJeremiah 17:18, יֵחַ֫תּוּ1 Samuel 2:10 3t. — On יֵּחַ֑תּוּJob 21:13 see נָחַת‎; — תֵּחָ֑תּוּJoshua 10:25 2t., etc.; Imperative וָחֹ֫תּוּIsaiah 8:9 (3 t. in verse); —

1 be shattered, broken, figurative of nations under divine judgment Isaiah 7:8; 30:31; so probably also 8:9 (3 t. in verse) (but strike out in va), and perhaps (of ׳י‎'s foes in General) 1 Samuel 2:10 (song; — others render dismayed in all except Isaiah 7:8); figurative of ׳י‎s righteousness 51:6 (= be abolished, annihilated); literally of bows Jeremiah 51:56, according to Gie's reading חַתָּה‎, see Pi`el 2. be dismayed, usually

a. absolute: "" יָרֵאDeuteronomy 1:21; 31:8; Joshua 8:1; 10:25 (all D), 1 Samuel 17:11; Jeremiah 23:4; 30:10; 46:27; Ezekiel 2:6; 3:9; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 28:20; 2 Chronicles 20:15, 17; 32:7; "" בּוֺשׁIsaiah 20:5; 37:27 = 2 Kings 19:26; Jeremiah 8:9; 17:18 (twice in verse); 48:1, 20, 39; 50:2 (twice in verse) (others assign. 48:20, 39; 50:2 (twice in verse) to

1); figurative of the ground הָאֲדָמָה‎, dismayed for lack of rain Jeremiah 14:4 read probably with Duhm (after ᵐ5‎) Co Dr ׳וְעֹבְדֵ חַתּוּ‎; ("" בּוֺשׁ‎ of the husband-men); no "" 50:36; Obadiah 9; Job 39:22.

b. be dismayed at, by reason of, followed by מִןIsaiah 31:4, 9; 51:7 ("" יָרֵא‎) Jeremiah 1:17; 10:2 (twice in verse).

Niph`al Perfect only 3 masculine singular נִחַת שְׁמִי וּמִמְּנֵיMalachi 2:5 and at my name he is put in awe ("" יָרֵא‎).

Pi`el Perfect dismay, scare, 2 masculine singular suffix בַחֲלֹמוֺת וְחִתַּתַּ֫נִי‎ (Köi. 372) consecutive Job 7:14 and thou scarest me with dreams ("" בִּעֵת‎); 3 feminine singular חִתְּתָהJeremiah 51:56 (of bows) is intransitive [inchoate Ew§ 120, 2 d], Gf and others, be shattered, but text probably erroneous. Gie חַתָּה‎ (see Qal 1).

Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular הַחִתֹּתָIsaiah 9:3; 1singular וְהַחְתַּתִּ֫יJeremiah 49:37 (Köi. 372); Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְחִתֵּנִיJob 31:34, suffix 3feminine plural יְחִיתַ֑ןHabakkuk 2:17 (Köi. 374; but ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵐ5‎ Ew Ol Sta We יְחִתֶּ֑ךָ‎); 1 singular suffix אֲחִתְּךָJeremiah 1:17 (followed by לפניהם‎) —

1 shutter with accusative Isaiah 9:3.

2. a. cause to be dismayed Jeremiah 49:37 followed by לִפְנֵי‎.

b. dismay, terrify, followed by suffix Job 31:34; Habakkuk 2:17.








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