H5642b H5642b
destroy, tear down (Aramaic)
An Aramaic verb meaning to destroy or demolish, cognate with Syriac and related to the Hebrew root for tearing down. In Ezra, it describes Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of Solomon's temple. The Aramaic section of Ezra uses this term to narrate the historical cause of the temple's ruin before describing its reconstruction.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The destruction of the Jerusalem temple by Nebuchadnezzar, described in Ezra 5:12: 'he destroyed this house.' The Aramaic narrative places this verb in the mouth of the Jewish elders explaining to Tattenai why they are rebuilding: their ancestors' sins provoked God to give them into the hand of the Babylonian king, 'who destroyed this house and exiled the people.' 1×
AR["هَدَمَهُ"]·ben["ধ্বংস-করলেন"]·DE["[סתרה]"]·EN["destroyed"]·FR["[סתרה]"]·heb["סתרה-ו"]·HI["नाश-किया"]·ID["dihancurkannya"]·IT["[סתרה]"]·jav["lan-kang-umat"]·KO["헐었다-그것-을"]·PT["destruiu"]·RU["разрушил-его"]·ES["destruyó"]·SW["aliibomoa"]·TR["yikti"]·urd["ڈھا-دیا-اُس-نے"]
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
† II. [סְתַר] vb. destroy (Syriac ܣܬܰܪ; v. BH שׂתר);— Pe. Pf. 3 ms. sf. סַתְרֵהּ Ezr 5:12. (acc. of temple).