Lexical Summary chathath: to be shattered or dismayed Original Word: חָתַתTransliteration: 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, discourageA 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 חִתִּית id.; Ethiopic is scrutari, examinare, see DiLex, 105) — Qal Perfect3masculine singular חַת Jeremiah 50:2-3;feminine singular חַ֫תָּה 14:4 2t., וָחָ֑תָּה 48:1; 3plural חַ֫תּוּ Isaiah 37:27 4t., וְחַתּ֫וּ consecutive 20:5 2t., וָחָ֑תּוּ consecutive Jeremiah 50:36; Imperfect (Köi. 366) יֵחַת Isaiah 7:8; 30:31, יֵחַ֑ת Job 39:22, יֵחָ֑ת Isaiah 31:4, אֵחַ֫תָּה Jeremiah 17:18, יֵחַ֫תּוּ 1 Samuel 2:10 3t. — On יֵּחַ֑תּוּ Job 21:13 see נָחַת; — תֵּחָ֑תּוּ Joshua 10:25 2t., etc.; Imperative וָחֹ֫תּוּ Isaiah 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: "" יָרֵא Deuteronomy 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; "" בּוֺשׁ Isaiah 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 מִן Isaiah 31:4, 9; 51:7 ("" יָרֵא) Jeremiah 1:17; 10:2 (twice in verse). Niph`al Perfect only 3 masculine singular נִחַת שְׁמִי וּמִמְּנֵי Malachi 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 חִתְּתָה Jeremiah 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 הַחִתֹּתָ Isaiah 9:3; 1singular וְהַחְתַּתִּ֫י Jeremiah 49:37 (Köi. 372); Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְחִתֵּנִי Job 31:34, suffix 3feminine plural יְחִיתַ֑ן Habakkuk 2:17 (Köi. 374; but ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵐ5 Ew Ol Sta We יְחִתֶּ֑ךָ); 1 singular suffix אֲחִתְּךָ Jeremiah 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. |