H1326 H1326
waste/destruction - complete desolation or ruin, the end-state of divine judgment
This noun denotes utter destruction or waste, the complete ruination of what was once productive or valuable. Isaiah uses it in the parable of the vineyard, where God threatens to reduce His carefully tended vineyard to absolute desolation. The term may be related to כָּלָה (end, completion), emphasizing finality. The vineyard will not merely decline but will be made into total wasteland—unpruned, unprotected, overgrown with thorns.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Isaiah 5:6 contains God's threat: 'I will make it a waste'—the vineyard that represents Israel will become complete desolation. The context describes removing all protective care, letting it return to wilderness. Spanish 'desolación' captures the comprehensive ruin, while French and German preserve the Hebrew form, perhaps acknowledging lexicographical uncertainty about this rare term's precise nuance. 1×
AR["خَرَابًا"]·ben["পরিত্যক্ত"]·DE["[בתה]"]·EN["waste"]·FR["[בתה]"]·heb["בתה"]·HI["उजाड़"]·ID["tandus"]·IT["[בתה]"]·jav["suwung"]·KO["황무지로"]·PT["ruína"]·RU["пустошью"]·ES["desolación"]·SW["ukiwa"]·TR["issiz"]·urd["ویران"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בָּתָה n.f. end, destruction (for בַּתָּה, perhaps on account of difference of meaning, perhaps from analogy of כָּלָה with like sense; cf. Di)—וַאֲשִׁיתֵהוּ בָתָה Is 5:6 and I will make it (the vineyard) a destruction, a waste, or (Che) make an end of it.