H4072 H4072
ruin, downfall; means or occasion of stumbling
This rare word appears only in Proverbs 26:28, describing what a flattering mouth accomplishes—ruin. The term captures both the means and the result: smooth speech that causes someone's downfall. Hebrew poetic parallelism pairs it with 'a lying tongue,' showing how deceptive words lead to destruction. The Spanish and English renderings ('ruina,' 'ruin') grasp the catastrophic outcome of flattery.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — The single occurrence in Proverbs links this term to the violence that smooth words can inflict—not physical harm, but the devastating collapse that comes from trusting false speech. The domain assignment (Violence, Harm) reflects how Scripture treats deceptive words as genuinely destructive acts. 1×
AR["هَلاكًا"]·ben["ধ্বংস"]·DE["[מדחה]"]·EN["ruin"]·FR["מדחה"]·heb["מדחה"]·HI["विनाश।"]·ID["kehancuran"]·IT["ruin"]·jav["karisakan"]·KO["파멸을"]·PT["ruína"]·RU["падение"]·ES["ruina"]·SW["maangamizi"]·TR["yıkım"]·urd["تباہی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† מִדְחֶה n.m. means or occasion of stumbling, Pr 26:28 פֶּה־חָלָק יַעֲשֶׂה מ׳ (‖ לְשׁוֹן־שֶׁקֶר יִשְׂנָא דַכָּו).