H4178 H4178
smooth, polished (adjective); having hair removed or surface made smooth
This adjective describes smoothness resulting from hair removal or polishing. Isaiah 18:2 and 18:7 use it twice to characterize a mysterious nation as 'smooth-skinned' (or possibly 'polished'), though the exact nuance is debated. The root verb means to pluck out hair or polish surfaces, appearing elsewhere for making cheeks bare by plucking beards (Isa 50:6) or making shoulders bare from chafing (Ezek 29:18). The adjective emphasizes the resulting smoothness, whether from depilation or burnishing.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes a smooth or polished appearance, likely referring to smooth skin (perhaps from depilation customs or naturally hairless appearance) in Isaiah's description of the distant nation. Spanish uses 'pulida/pulido' (polished/smooth), while French and German transliterate, reflecting interpretive uncertainty whether this describes hairless skin, polished bronze appearance, or some other smooth surface quality characteristic of the people described. 2×
AR["وَ-مَنْزُوعَةِ-الشَّعْرِ", "وَ-مَنْزُوعُ-الشَّعْرِ"]·ben["ও-মসৃণ"]·DE["[ומורט]"]·EN["and-smooth-skinned"]·FR["[ומורט]"]·heb["ו-מורט"]·HI["और-चमकदार"]·ID["dan-berkilat"]·IT["[ומורט]"]·jav["lan-nggegirisi"]·KO["그리고-반들반들한"]·PT["e-lisa", "e-liso"]·RU["и-гладкого", "и-гладкому"]·ES["y-pulida", "y-pulido"]·SW["na-kunyolewa"]·TR["ve-parlak-tenli"]·urd["اور-چکنی-جلد"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מָרַט] vb. make smooth, bare, bald; scour, polish (NH id.; pull out, off (feathers, hair); Aramaic ܡܪܰܛ, מְרַט id.; Arabic مَرِطَ have little hair, مَرَطَ pluck out hair);— Qal Impf. i s. וָאֶמְרְטָה Ezr 9:3, sf. 3 mpl. וָאֶמְרְטֵם Ne 13:25; Inf. cstr. מָרְטָה Ez 21:16; Pt. pl. מֹרְטִים Is 50:6; pass. f. מְרוּטָה Ez 21:14 + 2 times;— 1. make bare כָּל־כָּתֵף מְרוּטָה Ez 29:18 every shoulder is…