H4414a H4414a
to be dispersed, dissipated into fragments (fig.)
This Niphal verb depicts the heavens being dispersed or dissipated like smoke fragments. Isaiah uses it in a powerful oracle about the permanence of God's salvation versus the transience of creation—while the heavens will vanish like smoke, God's righteousness endures. The rare verb suggests complete disintegration rather than simple fading.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Appearing only in Isaiah 51:6, this describes the heavens being scattered into fragments like dissipating smoke. The Hebrew root relates to tearing away or pulling out, suggesting a violent dispersal. English 'will vanish' and Spanish 'se desvanecerán' capture the end result, though the Hebrew emphasizes the fragmenting process itself. 1×
AR["تَتَلَاشَى"]·ben["দূর-হয়ে-যাবে"]·DE["[נמלחו]"]·EN["will-vanish"]·FR["[נמלחו]"]·heb["נמלחו"]·HI["गायब-हो-जाएंगे"]·ID["lenyap"]·IT["[נמלחו]"]·jav["badhé-sirna"]·KO["사라지리라"]·PT["se-dissiparão"]·RU["рассеются"]·ES["se-desvanecerán"]·SW["zitatoweka"]·TR["dagilacak"]·urd["غائب-ہو-جائیں-گے"]
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
† I. [מָלַח] vb. tear away, fig. dissipate (cf. Arabic مَلَخَ pull out eye, tooth, &c.; especially Dozy tear off branch to plant it, &c. so Ethiopic መልኀ evellere);— Niph. fig. be dispersed in fragments, dissipated, Pf. שָׁמַיִם כֶּעָשָׁן נִמְלָ֑חוּ Is 51:6.