H4661 H4661
war club, shattering weapon; instrument used in battle to break enemies
This noun appears only in Jeremiah 51:20, where God addresses Babylon: 'You are my war club, my weapon of battle; with you I shatter nations.' The word denotes a heavy club or hammer used to crush and shatter. God ironically identifies Babylon as His instrument for executing judgment on other nations—the very empire that will itself be shattered. The imagery conveys both power and violence, the blunt-force crushing of military conquest.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — English 'a-war-club' and Spanish 'martillo' (hammer) both capture the heavy shattering weapon. Jeremiah's oracle reveals the paradox of Babylon's role: chosen as God's club to break nations, yet destined to be broken in turn when its usefulness ends (Jer 51:20). 1×
AR["مِطْرَقَةٌ-"]·ben["হাতুড়ি-"]·DE["[מפץ]"]·EN["a-war-club-"]·FR["[מפץ]"]·heb["מפץ-"]·HI["हथौड़ा-"]·ID["gada-"]·IT["[מפץ]"]·jav["Gada-"]·KO["망치이다-"]·PT["Clava-"]·RU["Молот-"]·ES["martillo"]·SW["Nyundo-ya-vita"]·TR["balyoz-"]·urd["ہتھوڑا"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† מַפֵּץ n.m. war-club (lit. a shatterer);—מַפֵּץ־אַתָּה לִיּ Je 51:20 a war-club art thou to me (י׳ addressing Babylon, cf. Gf Gie); s. מֵפִיץ.