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mᵊḥittā מְחִתָּה ‘terror’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥātā חָתָה ‘to snatch up’
Roots: חתה

mᵊḥittā n, f
1) destruction, ruin, terror, a breaking
 1a) terror, dismay, object of terror
 1b) ruin

Mentioned in Isaiah 54:14 Jeremiah 48:39, 17:17 Psalms 89:41 Proverbs 10:14, 10:29, 21:15, 14:28, 10:15, 18:7, 13:3

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